Fallout from recent fraudulent activities has been great: the constant media frenzy; stock market jitters, tougher federal legislation for
white-collar crimes, and lost 401(k)s.
Technological advances, like the Internet, combined with a well educated, aging population have fueled a rise in
white-collar crimes, even as the rates of murder, robbery, assault, and other types of violent and property crimes have declined or flattened.
White-collar crimes come in many different forms, including money laundering; credit card, health care, insurance, securities, and/or telecommunications fraud; intellectual property and computer crimes; and identity theft.
It is important to look at
white-collar crimes because such offenses cause a great deal more physical, financial, and moral harm than all street crimes put together in American society.
National Police Agency chief Setsuo Tanaka told police investigators on Tuesday to beef up investigations into organized and
white-collar crimes.
* FRAUD AND
WHITE-COLLAR CRIMES are typically committed by older, better-educated offenders.
Second, let's consider that
white-collar crimes are committed mostly by whites from the middle and upper classes and not by the poor and working classes, which contain a high percentage of black single-female-headed households.
The chapter on investigative reports and case preparation provides a strong foundation for investigators who are untrained in documenting
white-collar crimes. The book closes with a glossary that defines financial and legal terms with which white-collar investigators at all experience levels should be familiar.
The myths of the criminal type and the law-abiding majority together function as a sort of "master myth," from which a cluster of subsidiary myths serves to "explain away" as exceptional those especially egregious
white-collar crimes that come to public attention.
White-collar crimes can be intricate, and the investigation leading to a warrant application may be complex.
Although fewer CPAs participate in criminal cases than in civil cases, the liberal extension of the RICO statute to
white-collar crimes has fostered a growing need for CPAs to clearly explain and illustrate the alleged crime committed.
The increasingly multinational nature of
white-collar crimes makes this unlikely in some cases.
