Many people believe that computers make their lives much easier.
While this is often true, the widespread use of computers in storing personal and financial information has made white collar crimes an expensive thing to fix, costing the U.
S.
government an estimated $300 billion each year.
One common type of white collar crime is fraud.
The phrase "white collar crime" was coined by Edwin H.
Sutherland in 1939.
As a sociologist, Sutherland observed the trend of professional, high-ranking employees who had good social standing and respectability as committing various forms of crime.
White collar crimes are called thus because they are often perpetrated by seemingly respectable, high-standing employees because they are the people who have access to the sensitive information typically used in this type of crime.
Although there are many aspects of white collar crime, one major part of this is fraud.
Fraud is purposely misleading another person for your own benefit.
Someone can either act or speak in a misleading way, or can choose to withhold information that will lead people to believe them, resulting in legal harm to the beguiled person.
Fraud comes in a variety of forms.
First, financial fraud involves convincing a person to give you money which you do plan to return.
One example is a charity fraud.
With this case, someone may pretend that they are from a certain charity that needs a donation to help pursue a cause for good.
After the person gets some money from an unsuspecting soul, the person uses it for himself or herself rather than for a charity act.
Other financial frauds include Nigerian 419 and investment fraud as well as Ponzi schemes.
Another form of this crime is identity theft, which may also result in financial woes.
If someone chooses to break into a person's personal information and assume their identity, they can commit crimes such as credit card fraud should they apply for and use a credit card in another person's name.
If the thief gets enough information, they can also open up bank accounts in the innocent person's name.
Lastly, some people also choose to participate in medical fraud.
This can involve pretending that you have ill health conditions in order to get medicines that you do not need, which you can later sell or take in order to become high.
Additionally, some pharmacists take part in pharmaceutical fraud, where they steal pills from the pharmacy to sell or take themselves.
Because investigators often must rely on an electronic paper trail to determine fraud, it can be difficult to detect and accurately pinpoint the perpetrator.
If you or someone you know has been wrongly accused of fraud, contact a San Jose criminal defense attorney from the Law Office of Daniel Jensen, P.
C.
, today.
While this is often true, the widespread use of computers in storing personal and financial information has made white collar crimes an expensive thing to fix, costing the U.
S.
government an estimated $300 billion each year.
One common type of white collar crime is fraud.
The phrase "white collar crime" was coined by Edwin H.
Sutherland in 1939.
As a sociologist, Sutherland observed the trend of professional, high-ranking employees who had good social standing and respectability as committing various forms of crime.
White collar crimes are called thus because they are often perpetrated by seemingly respectable, high-standing employees because they are the people who have access to the sensitive information typically used in this type of crime.
Although there are many aspects of white collar crime, one major part of this is fraud.
Fraud is purposely misleading another person for your own benefit.
Someone can either act or speak in a misleading way, or can choose to withhold information that will lead people to believe them, resulting in legal harm to the beguiled person.
Fraud comes in a variety of forms.
First, financial fraud involves convincing a person to give you money which you do plan to return.
One example is a charity fraud.
With this case, someone may pretend that they are from a certain charity that needs a donation to help pursue a cause for good.
After the person gets some money from an unsuspecting soul, the person uses it for himself or herself rather than for a charity act.
Other financial frauds include Nigerian 419 and investment fraud as well as Ponzi schemes.
Another form of this crime is identity theft, which may also result in financial woes.
If someone chooses to break into a person's personal information and assume their identity, they can commit crimes such as credit card fraud should they apply for and use a credit card in another person's name.
If the thief gets enough information, they can also open up bank accounts in the innocent person's name.
Lastly, some people also choose to participate in medical fraud.
This can involve pretending that you have ill health conditions in order to get medicines that you do not need, which you can later sell or take in order to become high.
Additionally, some pharmacists take part in pharmaceutical fraud, where they steal pills from the pharmacy to sell or take themselves.
Because investigators often must rely on an electronic paper trail to determine fraud, it can be difficult to detect and accurately pinpoint the perpetrator.
If you or someone you know has been wrongly accused of fraud, contact a San Jose criminal defense attorney from the Law Office of Daniel Jensen, P.
C.
, today.