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Organizational Crime

Subjects : law, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 20 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The return of a portion of the money received in a sale or contract - often secretly or illegally - in exchange for favors






2. The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else






3. Fraudulent selling conducted over the phone. It most often targets the poor and elderly. Topology: Advance fee fraud - Pyramid schemes - Overpayment fraud - Charity fraud etc.






4. Using public office for personal gain






5. Identity theft in its most simple and common form.






6. Any crime that involves a computer and a network - where the computers may or may not have played an instrumental part in the commission of a crime. Topology: Spam - Fraud - Obscene or offensive content - Harassment - Drug trafficking - Cyberterroris






7. The deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report)






8. The making or distributing of fake money






9. Fraudulent practices that eliminate competition or restrain trade usually leading to excessive prices.






10. Concealing the source of illegally gotten money






11. Also known as insider trading; using non-public information of manipulation for monetary gain in the stock market






12. Is a situation in which the legal and ethical management of financial resources does not take place. In most countries around the world - this type of fraud occurs due to deliberate decisions and actions made by people who handle money and other asse






13. Any scheme that attempts to unlawfully obtain money or valuables in which the postal system is used at any point in the commission of a criminal offense






14. Creditor Fraud - if they exaggerate the amount of money owed to them by the debtor. - If you lie and say they owe you more than they actually owe you - Fraudulent transfer - person filing for bankruptcy gives away property right before filing for ba






15. The clandestine collection of trade secrets or proprietary information about a company's competitors






16. Any fraud that involves an insurance company - whether committed by consumers - insurance company employees - producers - health care providers - or anyone else connected with and insurance transaction.






17. Not only takes money from the country - but also threatens our safety and national defense - cheats hard working taxpayers - and reduces consumer ability to obtain important goods and services






18. Acts in violation of federal environmental law. Criminal acts could include the discharge of a toxic substance into the air - water - or soil which pose a significant threat of harm to people - property - or the environment - including air pollution






19. Filing claims for services or medications not received; forging or altering bills or receipts; using someone else's coverage or insurance card.






20. Billing for services not actually performed; falsifying a patient's diagnosis to justify tests - surgeries or other procedures that aren't medically necessary; misrepresenting procedures performed to obtain payment for non-covered services