A term coined by Edwin Sutherland for crimes committed by respectable individuals of high social status in the course of their profession, such as fraud and embezzlement, distinguishing them from crimes typically associated with lower socioeconomic status. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Corporate crime is offending by an organization itself; white collar crime, in Sutherlands original sense, is offending by an individual of high social status in the course of an occupation. The two overlap heavily and are often used loosely as synonyms.
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Forensic accounting is the principal investigative discipline used against white collar and corporate financial crime.
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Sutherland developed differential association partly to explain the white-collar crime he had documented, arguing criminal behavior is learned like any other, regardless of social class.
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coining the phrase white-collar criminal in a speech to the American Sociological Association on December 27, 1939.
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Associated With: Fraud, Introductory section (lead)
Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.
Associated With: Bribery, Introductory section (lead)
Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.
Associated With: Ponzi Scheme, Introductory section (lead)
Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.
Associated With: Insider Trading, Introductory section (lead)
Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.
Associated With: Embezzlement, Introductory section (lead)
Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.
Associated With: Copyright Infringement, Introductory section (lead)
Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.
Associated With: Money Laundering, Introductory section (lead)
Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.
Associated With: Identity Theft, Introductory section (lead)
Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.
Associated With: Forgery, Introductory section (lead)
Typical white-collar crimes could include wage theft, fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery.
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it is a frequent part of white-collar crime prosecutions brought by district attorneys' offices.
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Because cartels are likely to have an impact on market positions, they are subjected to competition law, which is executed by governmental competition regulators.
Fraudulent Conveyance (Wikipedia)
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Although fraudulent transfer law originally evolved in the context of a relatively simple agrarian economy, it is now widely used to challenge complex modern financial transactions such as leveraged buyouts.
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