Employers lie about salaries all the time. I Know plenty of people who were told their salary was one of the highest of their coworkers where in reality they made less than most. Is that fraud?

No more than:

* We hire only the best

* We value your career progress

* We are transparent about the company's strategies and financials

* We value taking the time to think through the design of features and products

And so on. Most of which are, to be charitable, only very loosely applicable when they aren't outright lies.

* We think of you as family!

If lying during a job interview is fraud then lock me up.

No more than "my wife thinks we need to take the children out of school, so I'll need the money to make that possible" is.