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White Collar Crime Vocab

Subjects : law, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 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. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






2. Said the free market - not the legal system is the best way to deal with business which harm people... govern themselves






3. Writing worthless checks and using finical institutions to conceal their true value






4. (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller






5. Adding or removing a substance






6. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






7. Arab Scam or Abdul Scam - an FBI sting operation in which agents posed as rich oil sheiks and bribed members of Congress






8. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






9. Taking cash from a register - over charging customers or under ringing sales






10. Big companies may benifit from regulatory laws but little companies don't make enough money to meet regulatory laws






11. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






12. Illegal activity using phone - Television - cable - or rodeo lines






13. Writing worthless checks and using finical institutions to conceal their true value






14. Taking cash from a register - over charging customers or under ringing sales






15. Jurisdictions over false advertising






16. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






17. Illegally exploits security in good will or jut for fun (for the lulz)






18. Big companies may benifit from regulatory laws but little companies don't make enough money to meet regulatory laws






19. Famously - Sutherland claimed that WC criminals do not suffer from psychological disorders






20. Adding or removing a substance






21. Monitors and regulates security transactions






22. Individuals choose to commit crimes as a result of some calculus - Bounded rationality






23. As new clients are made - their money is used to pay original investors






24. Paper where Ford admitted safety problems in a design but rationalized it was cheaper to pay a law suit






25. Largest ponzi scheme in history






26. Easiest way to make a fast buck - Greed is good - Fear of falling






27. Certainty - severity - and celerity - How likely it is to be punished - How harsh that punishment will be - How quickly the punishment will be applied






28. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)






29. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






30. Illegal activity using phone - Television - cable - or rodeo lines






31. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)






32. Bonds- debt paid back with interest Stocks - shares of company






33. A legislation designed to prevent business firms from gaining monopoly in their fields






34. As new clients are made - their money is used to pay original investors






35. Individuals have criminal tendencies that they import to the organizational context to commit both occupational and organizational crimes






36. Federal agency that protects the environment






37. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






38. Low or absent affect - Lack of empathy - Inability to form attachment - Able to appear outwardly normal






39. Created 3 new crimes - Unauthorized access with intent to defraud - Malicious damages via unauthorized access - Trafficking in passwords with intent to defraud






40. Something about the organizational context induces otherwise good people to commit crimes or unethical acts






41. Time between check issuance and presentation






42. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






43. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






44. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






45. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






46. Created 3 new crimes - Unauthorized access with intent to defraud - Malicious damages via unauthorized access - Trafficking in passwords with intent to defraud






47. Paper where Ford admitted safety problems in a design but rationalized it was cheaper to pay a law suit






48. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






49. Certainty - severity - and celerity - How likely it is to be punished - How harsh that punishment will be - How quickly the punishment will be applied






50. Easiest way to make a fast buck - Greed is good - Fear of falling