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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. Deceiving consumers with inaccurate claims






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






4. Adding or removing a substance






5. Crimes committed by company






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






7. Adding or removing a substance






8. Time between check issuance and presentation






9. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






11. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






13. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






17. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






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






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






23. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






34. Largest ponzi scheme in history






35. Largest ponzi scheme in history






36. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






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






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






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






41. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






42. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






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






44. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






46. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






47. Jurisdictions over false advertising






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






49. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






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