谈起新出台的“反洗钱法”，最让人举手称道的是该法案有望堵死贪官外逃钱路。法案明细了洗钱形式，指出洗钱不仅仅是和“毒品、走私”有关的犯罪行为，其它金融犯罪如“贪污”、“受贿”和“金融诈骗”也应纳入洗钱范畴。

请看《中国日报》相关报道：Landmark legislation on anti-money laundering² was approved by China's top legislature Tuesday and is scheduled to take effect on January 1.

The Standing³ Committee of the National People's Congress widened the definition of money laundering to include corruption⁴ and bribe⁵ taking, violating financial management regulations and financial fraud.

报道列举的“金融犯罪”如“corruption”、“bribe taking”、“violating financial management regulations”和“financial fraud”，分别指的是“贪污贿赂犯罪”，“破坏金融管理秩序犯罪”和“金融诈骗犯罪”。这里着重谈一下“financial fraud”（金融诈骗）。

在法律词汇中，“fraud”专指“诈骗罪”，如：“He was sent to prison for fraud.”（他因诈骗罪锒铛入狱。）日常生活中，fraud可指“骗子”、“诡计”、“假货”或者“假话”，如：His explanation was a fraud.（他的解释是骗人的鬼话。）