White Collar Crime Epidemic

Released on: October 13, 2008, 4:24 am

Press Release Author: sexcrimescounsel.com.

Industry: Law

Press Release Summary: (AP) White-collar crime is becoming more insidious each
passing day. People feel they're invisible and untouchable when they commit this
type of crime. They aren't.

Press Release Body: White-collar crime is called many things, but in essence it's
comes in two flavors - blue collar and white-collar crime. White-collar crime is
almost considered to be a badge of honor, since it's an intricate crime requiring a
lot of planning.

A seemingly respectable person working at a seemingly ordinary job usually
perpetrates it. It could be insider trading, computer crimes or bankruptcy fraud or
any of the other categories covered later in this release.

Read the headlines; watch TV for the numbers of people that try to get away with
bankruptcy fraud. This involves hiding assets when bankruptcy is filed. The
government takes a really dim view of this kind of crime.

The government isn't thrilled with this practice largely because the person doing it
gets funds back from the same people they owe money to who are helping to get the
person back on their feet. Concealing assets or money is stealing and committing the
criminal offense of white-collar crime.

The 21st century has brought with it a whole rash of computer crimes. The perfect
almost anonymous crimes perpetrated by using the Internet. The biggest crime is
identity theft, causing the victim untold anguish and harm - mostly involving
destroying their credit rating.

This happens more often than people think and yet they still don't take the kinds of
precautions they should to protect themselves from losing their identities. Identity
theft is easy as thousands of Americans buy products online with credit cards and
their information is hacked.

It might only start out with the stolen card, but escalates with frightening
rapidity into complete identity theft. All this with a few clicks of the mouse and
suddenly the person doesn't exist as who they were any longer.

This particular crime is perhaps the most heinous as it happens in the blink of an
eye and is a complex crime getting harder to manage thanks to rapidly advancing
technology.

Others areas of white-collar crime are embezzlement when someone takes property
without consent; bribery; larceny when someone takes another's property without
payment and doesn't bring it back; extortion (blackmail) and obstruction of justice
where a person gets in the way of an investigation. Many people don't realize that
perjury is a white-collar crime that happens when someone lies under oath in court.

Hiring an attorney familiar with handling white-collar crime cases will help
mitigate the extent of the possible punishment meted out after trial. Don't attempt
to be the lawyer in instances like this. It's like that saying, "He who has himself
for a lawyer is a fool."

To learn more visit http://www.sexcrimescounsel.com.


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