Chapter 17 Flashcards
White collar crime is a “non violent crime for financial gain committed by means of deception by persons while occupational status is ________________ and utilizing their social occupational skills and opportunities”
entrepreneurial, professional, or semi professional
Edwin Sutherland ,”a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation”
White collar crime
Some of the most notable white collar crimes are insider trading money laundering confidence games and _________.
computer crime
Corporate crime is a form of white collar crime whereby trusted executives working within a company mishandle funds or otherwise ___________ of customers or other consumers
betray the trust
Motivations include ___________ or realizing personal wealth through mishandling funds.
gaining or increasing power
The process of making illegally obtained funds appear legitimate. By which criminals evade paying taxes on illegal income by concealing the source and amount of profit, tax evasion in progress
Money laundering
Each _____ goes to different banks and purchases cashiers check in denomination of less than 10,000 checks are turned over to second person who facilitate their deposit into domestic or overseas banks
smurf
Company orders merchandise from a foreign subsidiary at an inflated price. The subsidiary deposits the difference between the inflated and actual price in a special off shore account
Double invoicing
“The destruction, theft or unauthorized use modification or copying of information ,programs services ,equipment or communication networks
Cybercrime
Process of one person assuming the identity of an authorized computer user by acquiring items, knowledge or characteristics
Masquerading
automated form of Trojan horse method where small amounts of assets are taken from specified accounts or sources and where the whole appears to be unaffected
Salami techniques
Are crimes that betray the trust of the victim
confidence games
In this scam a lot of losers pay few winners. Key is powerful acting between cons, makes victim feel left out unless they abide by conditions of the agreement
pigeon drop
The treasurey department implemented the ___ requiring banks to export cash transactions of 10,000 or more
CTR
An entire ________ to transform small denominations of currency to businesses, money market, deposits or real estate may take as little as 48 hours
“Wash cycle”
Money laundering techniques include bank methods,smurfing ,currency exchanges ,double invoicing and _______________.
acquisition of financial institutions
Established in 1990 is a multiagency support unit that analyzes intelligence information that develops suspects in money laundering schemes
FinCEN