NCJ Number
137279
Journal
American Criminal Law Review Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Dated: (Winter 1992) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
A D Makris
Date Published
1992
Length
605 pages
Annotation
This overview of white collar crime explains the laws, regulations, and judicial decisions relating to 16 types of Federal offenses and issues related to the processing of cases involving white collar crimes.
Abstract
Individual sections focus on antitrust violations, bribery of public officials, computer crime, conflicts of interest, environmental crimes, ethics in government, extortion, false claims, and false statements. Other sections discuss Federal Food and Drug Act violations, financial institutions fraud, government contract fraud, mail and wire fraud, violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, securities fraud, and tax evasion. Procedural issues discussed include attorney-client privilege, attorney fee forfeiture, discovery, immunity, parallel civil and criminal proceedings, and sentencing. State laws relating to some of the offenses are also discussed. Footnotes