Exam 13: Enterprise Crime: White-Collar, Green-Collar, and Transnational Organized Crime

In 2015, an estimated 42 million tons of ______ was disposed of around the world.

Compliance and deterrence strategies have been used to control white-collar crime.

Acts involving illegal environmental harm that violate environmental laws and regulations are termed _______.

Income-tax evasion is a type of client fraud. Not paying taxes is an example of:

The United States is estimated to purchase approximately _____ percent of all illegal wildlife and wildlife products on the global market.

An individual convicted under RICO is subject to life in prison and a $2.5 million fine.

Bank fraud can encompass such diverse schemes as check kiting, check forgery, false statements on loan applications, sale of stolen checks, credit card fraud, unauthorized ATM use, auto title fraud, and illegal transactions with offshore banks.

The U.S. Congress has passed numerous laws that regulate and restrict wildlife imports and exports, including the __________________ Act of 1973 and the Lacey Act.

What white-collar crime involves a contract or conspiracy designed to stifle competition, create a monopoly, artificially maintain prices, or otherwise interfere with free-market competition?

A white-collar ___________ involves the criminal activity of people who use a business proposition to trick others out of their money.

Each year about ______ workers are injured on the job.

The Sherman Antitrust Act is aimed at individuals who are engaged in a conspiracy.

Explain what makes an offense a "transnational" offense.

The FBI estimates that health care fraud now costs the nation ____________ per year.

Afghanistan now supplies 90 percent of the world's opium.

Violation of the _____________________ carries maximum penalties of a $100-million criminal fine for corporations, and a $1-million criminal fine and 10 years in prison for individuals.

Tom DeLay was forced out of politics because of his involvement in a bribery scandal involving Washington, D.C., lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham resigned from Congress after confessing to accepting $2.4 million in bribes. Former Illinois Governor George Ryan was convicted of steering government contracts to people willing to give him kickbacks and bribes. These three men committed the white-collar crime of:

Criminal activity that typically involves groups that conspire to make illegal profits through connections to business and commerce is termed __________________.

In the 1930s, Sutherland first used the phrase "white-collar crime" to describe the criminal activities of:

_________ strategies involve detecting criminal violations, determining who is responsible, and penalizing the offenders to help prevent future violations.