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White Collar Crime Basics

Subjects : law, business-skills
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1. A brand of superabsorbent tampons made by Procter & Gamble starting in 1975. It was recalled from the market in September 1980 because it was linked to Toxic Shock Syndrome The recall cost Procter and Gamble over $75 million.






2. Around $100000000000






3. 1972; Nixon feared loss so he approved the Commission to Re-Elect the President to spy on and espionage the Democrats. A security gaurd foiled an attempt to bug the Democratic National Committe Headquarters - exposing the scandal. Seemingly contained






4. He was an investment broker who illegally manipulated the stock market and in the process redefined the crime of insider trading(1985)






5. Arrangement between a depositor and a bank (or other financial institution) under which the bank extends loan(s) to a certain borrower. The extent of the loan amount depends on the amount of credit balance maintained in the depositor's account.






6. Were doctors charge extra for one session - unnecessary charges - and billing without an actual visit






7. May 1995 - with charges that its three internationally known doctors --Ricardo Asch - Jose Balmaceda and Sergio Stone -- had taken eggs from women without consent and implanted them as embryos in others.






8. Trade jargon for bribes to promote certain records over the air






9. Is a legal fiction used in the law to describe a situation where a person or entity gained an unfair advantage over another by deceitful - or unfair - methods.






10. Exploiting control increases the 'take' from fraud; the need to maintain control causes the leaders to act like 'control freaks' over their citizens and employees; their ability to control their firms and nations makes it difficult to prosecute their






11. He accepted $1 million in campaign contributions from the Lincoln Savings head - Charles Keating. Keating had wanted federal regulators to stop 'hounding' his savings and loan association. The committee deemed his misconduct the worst among the Keati






12. An indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in New Jersey - charging Misulovin and 24 other individuals - 15 of whom were emigres from Eastern Europe - with conspiring to defraud the United States and the state of New Jersey of approximately $






13. Was a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sting operation run from the FBI's Hauppauge - Long Island - office in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The operation initially targeted trafficking in stolen property but was converted to a pu






14. Are similarly designed to evade restrictions on insider loans. these arrangements were used extensively in the mid-1980s by thrift officers and directors who - instead of making loans directly to themselves-which would have sounded the alarm among re






15. A piece of property - usually commercial real estate - is sold back and forth between two or more partners - inflating the sales price each time and refinancing the property with each sale until the value has increased several times over






16. The Federal Trade Commission stated that the publicity behind the tonic was 'false - misleading and deceptive' in representing the nostrum as 'an effective treatment and cure for scores of ailments and diseases.'






17. A former bank regulator who developed the concept of 'control fraud' - in which a business or national executive uses the entity he or she controls as a 'weapon' to commit fraud.






18. Defined by Edwin Sutherland as 'a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation' White-collar crime therefore overlaps with corporate crime because the opportunity for fraud - bribery - insider t






19. Around $100000000000






20. The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989 - igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The five senators - Alan Cranston (Democrat of Calif






21. Is the first major overhaul of telecommunications law in almost 62 years. The goal of this new law is to let anyone enter any communications business -- to let any communications business compete in any market against any other.






22. Irvine. Miami






23. Accepted money from Keating - one of the Keating 5






24. Are similarly designed to evade restrictions on insider loans. these arrangements were used extensively in the mid-1980s by thrift officers and directors who - instead of making loans directly to themselves-which would have sounded the alarm among re






25. Explanations given by people as a way of rationalizing their deviant/criminal behavior






26. Any act punishable by law that is committed through opportunity created in the course of an occupation that is legal






27. Defined by Edwin Sutherland as 'a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation' White-collar crime therefore overlaps with corporate crime because the opportunity for fraud - bribery - insider t






28. One of the chief figures in the Iran-Contra scandal was Marine Colonel Oliver North - an aide to the NSC. He admitted to covering up their actions - including shredding documents to destroy evidence. IMP. Although Reagan did approve the sale of arms






29. Crime committed on behalf of an organization






30. He testified against Nixon as well as other cabinet members in the Watergate hearings. His testimony helped led to the removal of several White House officials and the resignation of Nixon. Before his testimony he had been a White House lawyer.






31. He accepted $1 million in campaign contributions from the Lincoln Savings head - Charles Keating. Keating had wanted federal regulators to stop 'hounding' his savings and loan association. The committee deemed his misconduct the worst among the Keati






32. The Federal Trade Commission stated that the publicity behind the tonic was 'false - misleading and deceptive' in representing the nostrum as 'an effective treatment and cure for scores of ailments and diseases.'






33. Were doctors charge extra for one session - unnecessary charges - and billing without an actual visit






34. Was a real estate agency headed by Keating. Which later added on Lincoln Savings and Loan Association for $51 million - which left the company broke






35. Accounting firms are now forbidden from offering consulting services to clients if it posses a conflict of interest - and for the first time an independent oversight board has been established to oversee the industry.Executives also would not be allo






36. Company with held some side effects to meet regulation - which led to physical problems for thousands






37. Is a loan in the name of one party that is intended for use by another. A misapplication occurs when a financial institution insider uses his position to secure a nominee loan - either for himself or for another person - and the insider conceals his






38. A term used to describe unproven or fraudulent medical practices






39. Too much ownership or property - including intellectual property - creates gridlock that results in underutilization of property and stunting of innovation.






40. A treasurer-tax collector of the OC - who declared chapter 9 bankruptcy taxed and charged larged interest rates to save OC which left the OC nearly bankrupt






41. Is a loan in the name of one party that is intended for use by another. A misapplication occurs when a financial institution insider uses his position to secure a nominee loan - either for himself or for another person - and the insider conceals his






42. Are only one of many types of managed care arrangements. However - it is one of the oldest forms of managed care.more emphasis is placed on prevention and quality of care. There is also more opportunity to control health care costs in HMOs than in in






43. Violations constitute a threat to the health of Americans and to the financial resources of the nation






44. The secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers






45. Was a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sting operation run from the FBI's Hauppauge - Long Island - office in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The operation initially targeted trafficking in stolen property but was converted to a pu






46. In the 1980s - he ran American Continental Corporation and the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association - and took advantage of loosened restrictions on banking investments. and 5 US senators known as the Keating 5






47. Is a United States federal law enacted on July 30 - 2002 - as a reaction to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals including those affecting Enron - Tyco International - Adelphia - Peregrine Systems and WorldCom. These scandals - which c






48. Was a political scandal in the United States which came to light in November 1986 - during the Reagan administration - in which senior US figures agreed to facilitate the sale of arms to Iran - the subject of an arms embargo - to secure the release o






49. Buying or selling corporate stock by a corporate officer or other insider on the basis of information that has not been made public and is supposed to remain confidential






50. In November 2001 Enron - the United States' seventh largest corporation - issued a statement drastically revising its stated profits over the past three years. Within a month - the company was forced to declare bankruptcy—the largest bankruptcy in bu