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






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






3. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee






4. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






5. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






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






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






8. Crimes committed by company






9. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






10. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






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






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






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






14. Excessive trade transaction to raise commission






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






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






17. Time between check issuance and presentation






18. Largest ponzi scheme in history






19. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






27. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






28. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






31. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






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






37. Jurisdictions over false advertising






38. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






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






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






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






42. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






47. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






50. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses