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	Frank Rubino \| Miami Florida Federal White Collar Crime Attorney FL Criminal Lawyer
		White collar crimes are usually less violent than other crimes, but their effects can be just as devastating, such as in the recent Enron case.
		It is important to hire a federal white collar criminal defense attorney as soon as a criminal investigation is underway.
		Crimes that do not involve physical violence, and that relate largely to financial matters, are often called "white collar crimes." White collar crimes involve most of the same legal principles as do other crimes, and people charged with white collar crimes have the same rights and protections as defendants accused of other crimes.
	www.frankrubino.com /CM/FSDP/PracticeCenter/Criminal-Law/White-Collar-Crime.asp (983 words)

	Federal White Collar Crimes, Massachusetts Criminal Attorneys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		White collar crimes are governed by the general principles of criminal liability- each crime requires a bad act, a criminal intent, and causation.
		The defenses to white collar crime are the same ones applicable to all crimes and include incapacity, insanity, intoxication, and duress.
		White collar crime cases often invoke the defense of entrapment.
	www.masscriminal-lawyers.com /pages/types/whitecollarcrimes.html (1301 words)

	White Collar Cases, An Attorney Lawyer for White Collar Crimes and Cases
		White collar crime is a term that was first used by a sociologist in 1939 to describe criminal activity by members of the upper classes in connection with their professions.
		White collar crimes follow the general principles of criminal liability in that each crime requires a bad act, a criminal intent, and causation.
		It is a crime to assault a process-server, influence a juror through writing, picketing, parading, or demonstrating near a courthouse, or record or observe jury deliberations.
	www.hmichaelsteinberg.com /whitecollarcases.htm (1408 words)

	White-Collar Crimes, Criminal Defense Attorneys
		White-collar crime is defined as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation.
		White collar is also the term used to describe a crime committed by business people and professionals where deceptive practices and fraud are used to obtain money.
		White-collar crime overlaps with corporate crime because the opportunity for fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, computer crime, and forgery is more available to white-collar employees.
	www.criminalattorney.com /pages/crimes/white_collar_crimes_hub.htm (282 words)

	White-collar crime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		White-collar crimes (a term coined by Edwin Sutherland in 1939) or business crimes are those crimes specifically performed by white collar employees.
		Judicial location, public interest, case complexity, and underrepresentation of white-collar related literature all have a significant effect on the way white-collar offenders are sentenced, punished, and perceived by the public.
		Such crimes are often contrasted against violent crimes (such as rape or murder) or blue-collar crime (such as vandalism or shoplifting).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White-collar_crime (164 words)

	California Criminal Law: Feloniew & White Collar Crime
		Children under the age of 14 are not capable of committing crimes according to California law, unless the prosecutor presents clear proof that the child had knowledge of the wrongfulness of his or her action.
		The term "white collar crime" generally is used to describe crimes that have cheating or dishonesty as their common basis.
		The crime of making false statements is not specific to white collar criminals, but this crime is broad enough to encompass activities that might not be unlawful if not for associated false statements.
	www.weblocator.com /attorney/ca/law/c13.html (4002 words)

	White collar crimes - target or pre-indictment phase
		White collar crimes - Before an individual can be forced to defend against federal criminal charges, a Grand Jury must return an indictment.
		In non-white collar crimes, the defendant typically does not become aware that an investigation into his or her activities is under way.
		If yours is the type of case that is best handled with a plea bargain, white collar crime attorneys are generally able to work out more favorable deals prior to indictment than after an indictment.
	www.gottrouble.com /legal/criminal/white_collar/target.html (614 words)

	WHITE COLLAR CRIME, Russ Long's Lecture Notes
		Crimes which are considered white-collar include embezzling, price fixing, insider buying, fraud, falsification of expense accounts (or other records), and theft of materials.
		As a result of differences in perceptions between white-collar crime and regular crime, the accident in Kansas City was seen as a misfortune while an individual who shoots another individual is seen as a murderer.
		People who commit white-collar crimes are sometimes the same people who are in a position to see to it that their crimes are not defined too negatively.
	www.delmar.edu /socsci/rlong/intro/wc-crime.htm (1280 words)

	How Significant Are White Collar Crimes in The United States?
		Crimes engaged in by persons of privilege and standing in the community are rarely considered.
		White collar crimes involve, in fact, a wide range of specific criminal acts which are defined in the criminal codes.
		The global term used to describe these offences, a term which is only partially satisfactory, is `white collar crime.' While intuitively these crimes, which often occur `in the suites', rather than in the streets, are in many ways different from traditional crimes, they, too, will have their base in the criminal laws of the state.
	www.termpapergenie.com /crimes_in_states.html (3021 words)

	White collar crime - tax evasion, tax fraud, tax crimes - GotTrouble.com
		White-collar crime is a term that is usually applied to crimes associated with business that do not involve violence or bodily injury to another person.
		Examples of so-called white-collar crimes are those crimes generally associated with lending institutions which involve bank fraud, such as making false statements to obtain a loan, filing false reports or returns with government agencies, embezzlement, using the mail or wire communications to defraud, and paying or accepting bribes.
		White-collar crimes may be prosecuted in state or federal courts, depending upon whether state or federal laws have been violated.
	www.gottrouble.com /legal/criminal/white_collar/whitecollar.html (443 words)

	White Collar Crimes Home Page - California White Collar Crime Attorneys - Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyers - The ...
		White collar crime dates back to the 1930's when the term was first used to describe non-violent crimes that occurred in the workplace by professionals for personal financial gain.
		White collar crimes may be prosecuted at the State or Federal level, depending upon the crime that the defendant has been accused of.
		If an individual is convicted of committing a white collar crime, or business crime, their punishment may consist of monetary fines, a prison sentence, or house arrest.
	www.youareinnocent-whitecollar.com (685 words)

	White-collar crime - Wex
		The phrase "white-collar crime" was coined in 1939 during a speech given by Edwin Sutherland to the American Sociological Society.
		Sutherland defined the term as "crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation." Although there has been some debate as to what qualifies as a white-collar crime, the term today generally encompasses a variety of nonviolent crimes usually committed in commercial situations for financial gain.
		Many white-collar crimes are especially difficult to prosecute because the perpetrators are sophisticated criminals who have attempted to conceal their activities through a series of complex transactions.
	www.law.cornell.edu /wex/index.php/White-collar_crime (473 words)

	Features - Fighting Corporate and Government Wrongdoing: A Research Guide to International and U.S. Federal Laws on ...
		It is a crime to fraudulently conceal assets from the bankruptcy custodian, to make a false oath or account as part of the bankruptcy, or to influence or intimidate the officers in the bankruptcy proceedings.
		It is a crime to willfully fail to report the transaction or to attempt to cause an institution to not report a transaction.
		It is a crime to knowingly and while under oath make false material statements to a government officer or during a proceeding before a court, tribunal, or grand jury.
	www.llrx.com /features/whitecollarcrime.htm (3824 words)

	White Collar Crime
		Crime committed by and on behalf of a corporation entails executives and executive officers engaging in illegal actions that are intended to further interests of that cooperation; they are actions taken on behalf of the corporation in so doing, they may also benefit the careers of the individual corporate actors..
		In corporate crime the victim or potential victim is the general public (illegal pollution), the consumer (price fixing or the sale of illegally unsafe products), the employee (illegally unsafe working conditions), the government (illegal tax avoidance) or a competitor (two firms forming a price-fixing conspiracy against the third).
		Most observers who argue that white-collar crime is rampant have not devoted much thought to determine its rate relative to the number of persons who are in a position to commit it.
	www.umsl.edu /~rkeel/200/wcolcrim.html (1774 words)

	Houston White Collar Crime Defense Lawyer \| Texas Federal Securities Fraud Attorney \| Houston Criminal Defense Law Firm
		Anyone accused of a federal white collar crime needs experienced representation as soon as possible.
		Even if you have not been charged, and are just under investigation, a Houston white collar crime defense lawyer can begin working toward a dismissal or toward minimized punishments.
		Frank A. Rubino is more than just a Houston white collar crime defense lawyer; he is one the most experienced and well-respected federal criminal defense lawyers in the nation.
	www.frankrubino.com /CM/white-collar-crimes/houston-white-collar-crime-lawyer.asp (432 words)

	Sentencing and Enforcement of White Collar Crimes
		This kind of blatant fraudulent white-collar crime is a drain on the economy and a significant concern.
		There, the historical data reflected that "economic crime[s] [were punished] less severely than other apparently equivalent behavior." Consequently, the guidelines as initially proposed in 1987 and as in use today make an effort to upgrade the penalties for regulatory and economic, white-collar offenses.
		In the context of white-collar crime this means that it is imperative to distinguish between the two types of crimes within the general category - the true frauds and the technicalized, regulatory offenses.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Crime/Test061902.cfm (4473 words)

	White Collar Crimes Unit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Recognizing that white-collar scam artists are nearly as ubiquitous in Palm Beach County as gated communities, the Florida attorney general's office is shifting some prosecutors from its economic crimes unit in Fort Lauderdale to a new, waterfront office in West Palm Beach.
		Aronberg, 30, reports to assistant deputy attorney general Cecile Dykas, who is in charge of the economic crimes unit in Fort Lauderdale.
		When the economic crimes unit completes its move, it will have three lawyers and one investigator based in West Palm Beach, with five lawyers and two investigators remaining in Fort Lauderdale, Aronberg said.
	www.davearonberg.com /Articles/whitecollarunit.htm (847 words)

	White Collar Crimes at Free Advice, with attorneys and lawyers who offer a FREE initial consultation to help potential ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		White Collar Crimes at Free Advice, with attorneys and lawyers who offer a FREE initial consultation to help potential clients with a legal claim or problem in white collar.
		White collar crimes typically refer to a type of crime committed by business people, entrepreneurs, public officials, and professionals through deception, as opposed to street crimes which tend to involve force and violence (see the section on "Violent Crimes").
		Depending on whether federal or state law has been violated, white collar crimes can be prosecuted at the federal or state level.
	www.freeadvice.com /law/529us.htm (452 words)

	White collar crimes - Learn about white collar crimes - GotTrouble.com
		White collar crimes once referred to illegal acts committed by business people in the course of their employment.
		Learn about the process of indictment, trial, and sentencing in white collar crimes and get answers to frequently asked questions about the indictment and trial process.
		Learn about the appeals phase of white collar crimes and get answers to frequently asked questions about the appeals process.
	www.gottrouble.com /legal/criminal/white_collar (142 words)

	White Collar Offense Information : Extortion / Bribery : 800-200-0005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is a felony in all states, except that a direct threat to harm the victim is usually treated as the crime of robbery.
		Extortion was originally the complement of bribery, both crimes involving interference with or by public officials.
		In most states, extortion is more widely defined to include the obtaining of money or property of another by inducing his consent through wrongful use of fear, force, or authority of office; flmail, ransom, and threat of force are included under this definition.
	chaselawgroup.com /whitecollar_extortion.html (373 words)

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	NCPA - Crime And Gun Control - Longer Sentences For White Collar Crimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The new recommendations call for people convicted of insider trading, tax crimes or fraud in excess of $1 million to face a maximum of 63 months in prison.
		Michael Rustigan, a criminology professor at San Francisco State University, observes that as the nation grows older, violent crime -- which he calls "a young man's game" -- is on the wane, being replaced by financial crime.
		Crime is shifting "from the streets to the suites," he remarks.
	www.ncpa.org /pi/crime/pd042601a.html (255 words)

	White Collar Crimes Lawyers & Legal Information
		White collar crimes are a variety of non-violent crimes usually committed in commercial or business situations for financial gain.
		Most of these crimes are prosecuted by the federal government and are very serious in nature.
		The term "White collar" refers to the fact that people who commit these crimes are usually high-powered professionals, as opposed to "Blue-Collar" laborers.
	www.legalmatch.com /law-library/article/white-collar-crimes.html (373 words)

	White-Collar Crimes: California Criminal Defense
		The concept of white-collar crime dates back to 1939, when Edwin Sutherland – the president of the American Sociological Society – raised concern over law enforcement’s preoccupation with low status, “street crimes” and the relative inattention given to offenses perpetrated by people in occupations of higher status.
		The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines white-collar crime as “those illegal acts which are characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust and which are not dependent upon the application or threat of physical force or violence.
		To give one example of how California law-makers are reacting to Internet crime, the crime of stalking may be committed by an "electronic communication device" that can include a computer, a pager, and even a cellular phone.
	www.jakebrower.com /practice-areas/white-collar-crimes.html (351 words)

	Sentencing of Corporate Fraud and White Collar Crimes
		Second, the means of carrying out the fraud is through the instruments of that same regulatory structure.The structure itself – its reporting requirements and its substantive provisions – is enlisted by the criminal in aid of his act.The structure provides the means of both disseminating his fraud and of concealing it.
		I certainly yield to no one in my conviction that corporate offenders ought to be punished no differently then blue collar offenders when they deserve it.But it is fair to wonder whether equating corporate fraud with murder or treason truly captures the “just desert” component of criminal law.
		Three doctrinal developments define this second type of white-collar offense and differentiate it from the classic frauds that are the focus of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Crime/test032403.cfm (1068 words)

	White Collar Crimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Free white collar crime law information for individuals and small businesses written by lawyers but in easy to understand legal terms.
		White collar crime attorneys for clients in Southern California, including Los Angeles and Van Nuys.
		White collar crimes are serious offenses in California...
	www.investment-fraud-hub.info /white-collar-crimes.php (384 words)

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