NCJ Number
80257
Date Published
1977
Length
177 pages
Annotation
For readers concerned about the prevention of white-collar crime, this book analyzes the methods and ruses that perpetrators of business crimes have used in Switzerland.
Abstract
The basic premise is that the curtailment of white-collar offenses must be pursued by means of preventive rather than punitive measures. Therefore, officials and employees in both business and government must learn to recognize danger signals and spot situations with the potential for abuse. Based on incidents experienced in the Swiss banking industry, numerous practical suggestions are made for identifying false currency, computer fraud, and even the psychological mind-set of untrustworthy employees. The various types of offenses analyzed include bank fraud, insurance delinquency, forgery of securities, monetary offenses, industrial spying, patent misuse, and tax evasion. Specific criminal incidents (i.e., the bank fraud of 1977) illustrate all of the above mentioned white-collar crimes. The details of such occurrences are reviewed to characterize the situation in which they took place, to identify the trick of the perpetrators, and to outline steps against the recurrence of similar abuses. A total of 17 references is given.