By Lawrence M. Salinger

With greater than 500 entries (including updated details on such excessive profile circumstances as Martha Stewart and Enron), the Encyclopedia of White-Collar & company Crime gathers historical past, definitions, examples, research, prosecution, checks, demanding situations, and projections into one definitive reference paintings at the subject. The Encyclopedia of White-Collar & company Crime is edited to include information regarding various white-collar crimes, and gives examples of individuals, statutes, businesses, and convictions. each one access bargains a radical and considerate precis of the subject. instead of an easy definition, clients are given a lovely and complicated synopsis with references for extra research. Articles contemplate all elements of white-collar and company crime, together with: * legislations: describes particular components of company legislation and many of the unlawful acts to which they follow * contributors: short biographical sketches, basically curious about how they relate to the examine of white-collar crime * occasions: legal occasions contain descriptions of particular circumstances of white-collar crime, either previous and present The Encyclopedia used to be built basically for faculty, public, and highschool libraries. Post-graduate lecturers, legislation businesses, and firms also will locate this a priceless addition to their libraries.

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Nigeria was fortunate to have large oil reserves and the sale of oil constituted the bulk of Nigerian government revenue by 1979. With renewed confidence from the civil war and military rule, several Nigerian officials began awarding contracts to foreign corporations in return for substantial kickbacks. ” Some scholars have contended that at different times the Nigerian government used its position essentially to collect bribes, resulting in major transfers to personal accounts in foreign countries.

Indeed, the FTC articulated a principle stating that advertising claims 12 advertising fraud that lacked a “reasonable basis” for belief were unfair practices. It was, however, nowhere near the solution to the problem because the FTC had not been given the legal instruments or the staff necessary to effectively administer and monitor advertising. Moreover, in many cases, the FTC relied heavily upon making deals with companies, in the form of consent orders, to halt misleading or false advertising.

The distribution company in a low-tax country greatly increases the unit price for sale. Profits are high, but taxes are low due to its location in a lowtax country. OVERT AND COVERT FRAUD Many accounting frauds are overt falsifications. On the simplest level, changing a number in a column far enough to the left drastically changes the appearance of a company’s financial situation in the direction desired by those involved in the fraud. However, most accounting frauds involve a series of transactions to at least make things appear legitimate.

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