CRJ 125

Criminology

Chapter 12

Match up the terminology in the second column to the definitions in the first column.Submit them by the due date via Assignments in D2L.

Match the following white-collar crime terms to the correct definition.

A) Fraud or embezzlement occurring within or against financial institutions insured or regulated by the U.S. government

B) The use of an electronic communications facility to intentionally transmit a false message in furtherance of a fraudulent activity

C) The theft of money resulting from intentional manipulation of the value of equities

D) Any activity that illegally inhibits competition between companies within an industry

E) Equity trading based on confidential information about important events

F) The unlawful misappropriation for personal use of money, property, or other thing of value entrusted to the offender's care, custody, or control

1) Embezzlement

2) Securities fraud

3) Wire fraud

4) Insider trading

5) Bank fraud

6) Antitrust violation

Match the type of financial crime to its specific example.

A) Foreign lottery fraud

B) Stock market manipulation schemes

C) Health care providers conducing unnecessary surgeries

D) Kickbacks

E) Equity skimming

7) Securities and commodities fraud

8) Health-care fraud

9) Mortgage fraud

10) Mass-marketing fraud

11) Corporate fraud

Match the organized crime group to its description.

A) Emerged in the West when Refuseniks were permitted to immigrate to the United States

B) Some but not all have nexus to terror

C) Developed quickly in recent decades due to advances in communication technology and the globalization of the world's economies

D) Include both traditional and nontraditional criminal enterprises

E) Organization is based on a clanlike structure grouped around central leaders

12) Eurasian criminal enterprises

13) Balkan criminal enterprises

14) Asian criminal enterprises

15) African criminal enterprises

16) Middle Eastern criminal enterprises

Essay Questions

17) Identify and explain the three main explanations for white-collar crime discussed in this chapter.