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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Adding or removing a substance






2. Federal agency that protects the environment






3. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






5. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






6. Adding or removing a substance






7. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






10. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






11. Largest ponzi scheme in history






12. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






15. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






17. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






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






21. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






22. Federal agency that protects the environment






23. Commitment to one's job should constrain crime - Hollinger and Clark (1983) found deviant workplace behavior increased when employees intended to leave their current job






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






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






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






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






28. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






29. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






31. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






33. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






34. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






36. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






37. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






39. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






40. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






41. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






42. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






43. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






45. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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






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






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






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. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission