n. a generic term for crimes involving commercial fraud, cheating...

Criminal activities carried out by white-collar or professional workers in the course of their jobs.

White collar crime is a generic term for crimes involving antitrust violations, computer/internet fraud, credit card fraud, phone/telemarketing fraud, bankruptcy fraud, healthcare fraud, environmental [..]

Examples of white-collar crime include embezzlement, securities fraud, extortion, price fixing, and bribery. White-collar crimes may be tried in state or federal courts.

Generic description of a crime committed by a business or professional person usually connected to fraud or financial crime.

n. a generic term for crimes involving commercial fraud, cheating consumers, swindles, insider trading on the stock market, embezzlement and other forms of dishonest business schemes. The term comes f [..]

A term first coined in 1939 to demonstrate financial crimes that were committed by professionals but today is commonly used to describe a financial crime.

Phrase suggestive of various types of unlawful, nonviolent conduct of corporations and individuals, including theft or fraud and other violations of trust, committed in the course of the offender’s occupation (e.g., embezzlement, commercial bribery, racketeering, anti-trust violations, price-fixing, stock manipulation, insider trading, and the like [..]

An umbrella term that refers to nonviolent financially-driven criminal offenses that are committed by individuals in a business or government setting. Examples include insider trading, embezzlement, t [..]