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White Collar Crime

Subjects : law, business-skills
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1. To conceal their own errors [make it look like it was the manager's fault] - To gain time off - For more pay [brake a system so they can charge to fix it] - To express their contempt and anger with their work and employer






2. At one point the most-wanted computer criminal in the U.S. and was convicted of various computer and communications related crimes






3. Refers to buying or selling a security - in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationships of trust and confidence - while in possession of nonpublic information about the security






4. Ponzi Schemes has (no a product) - While a Pyramid Scheme (has a product






5. 1/3 of the us adult population has been victimized by some form of consumer fraud - Estimated costs over $100 billion annually - Major causes of this large degree of victimization - Advances in technology (faceless perceptions and victims) - Globaliz






6. Its when a corporation commits criminal offences that are non-violence but have vast political and economic consequences. Sutherland






7. Refers to lawyers engaging in criminal conduct in the course of discharging their professional duties






8. Kenneth Lay - Jeffery Skilling - Andy Fastile - Luis Barget

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9. Crime that is defined as illegal or harmful conduct committed specifically in the context of their religious entity such as a religious leader may generate a bottomless donation basket for gullible believers to offer money which is used for corrupt p






10. Refers to a type of Employee Crime: known as petty theft






11. Refers to a type of Employee Crime: known as theft through misrepresentation






12. 'offenses committed by either corporate officials or the corporation itself - which benefit their corporation'






13. Refers to illegal activity that occurs in the world of finance and financial institutions






14. Corporations are increasingly controlled by paper entrepreneurs - or investors who are principally concerned with short-term profit. These investors are far less likely to be strongly committed to product development of to the local communities in wh






15. Major corporations cost US taxpayers huge amounts by evading their fair share of the tax burden






16. Refers to plagiarism - embezzlement of university discretionary funds - forgery - claims about credentials






17. Manipulation of products - Short weighing - Bait-and-switch - Collection of taxes on nontaxable items [auto shop labor] - Wage theft






18. A situation in which the interests of a person whom serves in their professional role conflict with that person's own private interests as an individual






19. Billing for unnecessary tests and services - is the most common form of medical fraud and it is extremely difficult to prove and prosecute






20. Hospitals have defraud the government of billions of dollars annually through Medicaid and Medicare. [upcoding - service never performed - kickbacks - and self-referrals]






21. 1. It is indirect in the sense that victims are not assaulted by another person 2. The effects of corporate violence are removed in time from the action that caused the harm 3. Involves a large number of individuals acting collectively - which causes






22. Refers to monogrammed clothing - wallets - jewelry - personally modified tools






23. Decreasing the number of high-wage union jobs - reducing wages of US workers - hiring illegal immigrants and the use of offshore plants for cheap workers






24. In the Anglo-American tradition - the earliest corporations were churches - towns - guilds and universities - 'town saloon'. Over time - these corporations were recognized as trusts with legal control over certain property. These trading corporations






25. Directing patients to the clinic's pharmacy to fill unneeded prescriptions






26. Refers to a type of Employee Crime: known as cheating or swindling






27. Activities deviating from norms of employers - professional associations - or coworkers within an occupational setting - such as malingering or sexual harassment






28. White hats are good. Black hats are bad






29. Bankruptcy method used to avoid meeting certain burdensome finical obligations - including obligations to creditors






30. A situation in which the interests of a person whom serves in their professional role conflict with that person's own private interests as an individual






31. A type of Employee Crime: the destruction or fraudulent appropriation of another's money which has been entrusted to one's care






32. A Corporation that ruthlessly undercut virtually all competitors in order to obtain control 95% of the market.






33. Internal computer crimes (sabotaging programs) - Telecommunications crimes (hacking) - Computer manipulation crimes (embezzlements and fraud) - Computers in support of criminal enterprises - Hardware / software thefts (corporate level mainly)






34. Is the act of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information - rather than by breaking in or using technical cracking techniques






35. For lying about a stock sale conspiracy - and obstruction of justice.






36. Let the buyer beware - has traditionally regulated the relationship between buyers and sellers






37. Refers mainly to small - inexpensive - and expendable components and tools such as nails - bolts - scrap metals - pliers - and drill bits.






38. High returns are promised - Some early investors may receive payoffs - but most of the invested money is spent by the perpetrators






39. Pilfering - Chiseling - Fraud - Embezzlement






40. Pyramid Scheme (has product) - A variant of a Ponzi Scheme - Involves recruiting other people into the business in other to sustain profit rather them a truly profitable enterprise [MonVie Acai Berry juice






41. Corporations with contracts to provide goods and services to the government. [Halliburton no-bid contracts]






42. Food - transport - medical






43. A producer of asbestos products which was later found linked to an ultimately fatal lung disease resulting from exposure to asbestos. Manville had internal medical reports of asbestosis among its workers; however - based on cost-benefit analysis - it






44. Refers mainly to basic - bulky components and tools






45. They are the top people in the corporate world - government - and military whom have 'interlocks' - or a complex network of ties - that enable them to advance their interrelated interests and move quite easily between high-level private- and public-s






46. Your whole family should come in for something that's not that serious]






47. 1980s dubbed as the 'biggest bank robbery' ever - S&Ls offered unrealistically high interest rates to attract large sums of money - money invested was then lent to developers engaged in highly speculative (risky) projects; which bound to go broke unl






48. Corporate Officials - Directors and Mangers - Outsiders who are 'tipped' [CEO tips family members - 'it going to be a bad month'] - Bankers - accountants and lawyers who provide services with confidential information about securities being traded - [






49. Corporations operating in third-world countries include highly hazardous and dangerous working conditions at industrial facilities; exportation of unsafe products






50. Cheating employees out of overtime pay (Wal-Mart) - Denying workers their pensions (Police Agency) - and Extortion (falsely accusing employees of theft to comp their pay







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