White Collar Crimes Attorney

White Collar Crimes Attorney 

What is a white collar crime? It defines as a crime which is committed by a respectable person in the course of his/her occupation. According to the FBI, white collar crimes cost $300 Billion annually. White-collar crimes are fraud, bankruptcy fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime, medical crime, public corruption, identity theft, environmental crime, pension fund crime, RICO crimes, consumer fraud, occupational crime, securities fraud, financial fraud, and forgery. The tools of the trade are paperwork or through the computer.  Performed by using paperwork or computers .White collar crimes go largely undetected.

The term white-collar crime only dates back to 1939. Professor Edwin Hardin Sutherland was the first to coin the term, and hypothesize white-collar criminals attributed different characteristics and motives than typical street criminals.

Several white-collar crimes are investigated at the local level. Law enforcement officers might feel the strain of trying to justify their investigation when serious violent crimes hold the community's interest.

Here are the types of white collar crimes:

  • Bank Fraud:To engage in an act or pattern of activity where the purpose is to defraud a bank of funds.
  • Blackmail:A demand for money or other consideration under threat to do bodily harm, to injure property, to accuse of a crime, or to expose secrets.
  • Bribery:When money, goods, services, information or anything else of value is offered with intent to influence the actions, opinions, or decisions of the taker. You may be charged with bribery whether you offer the bribe or accept it.
  • Computer fraud:Where computer hackers steal information sources contained on computers such as: bank information, credit cards, and proprietary information.
  • Counterfeiting:Occurs when someone copies or imitates an item without having been authorized to do so and passes the copy off for the genuine or original item. Counterfeiting is most often associated with money however can also be associated with designer clothing, handbags and watches.
  • Credit Card Fraud:The unauthorized use of a credit card to obtain goods of value.
  • Currency Schemes:The practice of speculating on the future value of currencies.
  • Embezzlement:When a person who has been entrusted with money or property appropriates it for his or her own use and benefit.
  • Extortion:Occurs when one person illegally obtains property from another by actual or threatened force, fear, or violence, or under cover of official right.
  • Forgery:When a person passes a false or worthless instrument such as a check or counterfeit security with the intent to defraud or injure the recipient.
  • Health Care Fraud: Where an unlicensed health care provider provides services under the guise of being licensed and obtains monetary benefit for the service.
  • Larceny/Theft: When a person wrongfully takes another person's money or property with the intent to appropriate, convert or steal it.
  • Money Laundering:The investment or transfer of money from racketeering, drug transactions or other embezzlement schemes so that it appears that its original source either cannot be traced or is legitimate.
  • Racketeering:The operation of an illegal business for personal profit.

Are you accused of a white collar crime? Penalties for white collar crime can result in sentences of up to 30 years in prison; it is up to the judge to decide the offender's fate. All you can do is to find an experienced lawyer that can defend and protect your rights. Attorney William A. Kennedy can help you. Call our office for free consultations.wcd