2006-06-27 15:40:42 · 6 answers · asked by hotsexy_trini 1 in Local Businesses ➔ Other - Local Businesses
It's crime committed by businessmen at work. Usually, it involves things like fraud, graft, or some other scam. The term comes from the white shirts businessmen usually wear under their suits.
As corporate corruption has become more and more obvious, the state has felt pressure to start investigating and prosecuting white-collar crime more often. Unfortunately, government agencies are still very reluctant to deal with corporate crime, which are crimes that corporations, as a whole, commit.
2006-06-27 15:48:36 · answer #1 · answered by Sandsquish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TYPES OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME
Bank Fraud
Blackmail
Bribery
Cellular Phone Fraud
Computer fraud
Counterfeiting
Credit Card Fraud
Currency Schemes
Embezzlement
Environmental Schemes
Extortion
Forgery
Health Care Fraud
Insider Trading
Insurance Fraud
Investment Schemes
Kickback
Larceny/Theft
Money Laundering
Racketeering
Securities Fraud
Tax Evasion
Telemarketing Fraud
Welfare Fraud
Weights and Measures
2006-06-27 22:48:01 · answer #2 · answered by Jennifer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its crime that would be committed in the "office work world" .
Let me tell you this:White collar comes from back in the day. If you worked in an office and never did manual labor you wore a white collar shirt. It stayed relatively clean.
If you worked doing something manually like for Example, mining or such, it was considered a blue collar job. That could almost be anything like plumbing also, and you wore a blue collar so when you sweat, it wouldn't show as much. (you know getting dirty from your sweat)
Now, white collar crime would be something committed in the work force where they do "white collar" kind of work. IE. fraud or embezzlement etc.
It could almost be anything so I just gave you the meaning so you could figure it out easier.
2006-06-27 22:50:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good example would be the CEOs for Enron faking the books and causing upheaval in the company's financial status. Probably pocketing a lot of the company for themselves in terms of fake expense claims.
2006-06-27 22:42:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is when millionaires commit crimes.
Blue collar (factory uniform) = worker
White collar (business suit) = privileged
2006-06-27 22:45:10 · answer #5 · answered by Who, me? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
crime by office worker type people (as opposed to factory floor type people or shop type people)
tends to be things like fraud, data theft and so on
2006-06-27 22:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by Ivanhoe Fats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋