white-collar crimes
Embezzlement and fraud
White-collar crimes are nonviolent offenses committed in business or professional settings, typically involving fraud, embezzishment, insider trading, or other financial deception.
The term distinguishes these from blue-collar crimes—the "white collar" evoking office workers in dress shirts rather than laborers in work clothes.
He was convicted of white-collar crimes including securities fraud and tax evasion.
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- launderingCleaning fabric items
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- cooking the booksManipulating financial statements illegally
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
insider trading · cybercrime · extortion · tax evasion · wire fraud · shell company · identity theft · corporate fraud · frauds · fraud charges · accounting fraud · securities fraud · corruption · forensic accounting · paper trail · perp walk · plea deal · golden parachute
white-collar crimesstreet violence
Aggressive acts in public
gang violence · petty crimes · muggings · burglaries · carjackings
white-collar crimesviolent crimes
Crimes involving force or threat
street violence · armed robbery · assault · murder · mugging
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