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It's not that I have a desire to lie, and I'm not even implicating myself. What if it's simply unrealistic for a person to relocate for some reason, but he still really wants to do it, and lying might give him the opportunity to do so?

I'm curious what the reason for the rule is, too, but what I think is that they want everything to be totally beyond the reach of U.S. regulators. There is nothing shady about them and they are not looking for anyone to lie. There is no "wink wink" kind of thing going on.

A particular company in the securities industry hires people from all over the world to work for them, allowing them to telecommute from their home countries. Employees can reside in ANY country except the United States. The company does hire Americans, but they have to relocate outside the US before they begin work. I do not know the reason for this policy, whether it is an actual U.S. law that forbids American residents from working for them, or just some kind of precaution to protect the company and owners, who are American, from U.S. regulators. My question is, would it be immoral for an American to sign on to work for them and then proceed to lie to them about his relocation status, claiming to be living abroad while connecting to the company's server through a proxy? Is it out on the grounds of the lie alone? What other moral considerations are there?

If someone is unattainable for whatever reason, is it healthy to admire them from afar, or is that in the territory of creepiness and loserdom?