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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. Trading securities based on information that is not public knowledge






2. Monitors and regulates security transactions






3. Federal agency that protects the environment






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Legally exploits security to test systems






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






13. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






15. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






17. Adding or removing a substance






18. Monitors and regulates security transactions






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






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






21. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






23. Crimes Committed by legitimate businesses






24. Transactions involving $5000 or more in federal offenses






25. Manipulating - destroying or removing labels






26. Illegally exploits security for malicious purposes






27. One person represents himself as another to monetary gain






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






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






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






31. Using the mails to complete criminal activity






32. Deceptive activities that affect the welfare of securities






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






34. Jurisdictions over false advertising






35. Jurisdictions over false advertising






36. Crimes committed by company






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






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






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






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






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






42. Time between check issuance and presentation






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






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






45. Adding or removing a substance






46. Largest ponzi scheme in history






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






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






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






50. Crimes that benefit oneself - Crimes against their employee