Reference no: EM133249947
Title: Final Project
Part One: Discussion Questions
1. Explain the origin of white collar crime.
2. Define the term "corporate crime".
3. Compare elite deviance with organizational deviance.
4. What is embezzlement of public funds?
5. What is the relationship between white collar crimes and the crime of fraud?
6. Define and explain the concept of money laundering.
7. How do criminal investigations of white collar crimes begin?
8. Explains the techniques established by financial institutions in the detection of fraud and money laundering.
9. What are the stages of money laundering?
10. What are the main reasons why the white collar criminal decides to commit the crime of money laundering?
11. What is the difference between a general crime and a white collar crime?
12. Explain the difference between illegal appropriation and illegal appropriation of public funds.
13. What are the consequences of white collar crime and fraud?
14. Evaluate the main characteristics of the white collar criminals studied in class.
Part Two: Case Premises
1. Explain what federal and state criminal charges were filed against Nancy Hernandez Chavez for the New York Mortage fraud. Which penalty do you consider was more severe, the state or federal?
2. What was the fraud committed by Bernard Madoff?
3. Explain the facts of the fraud committed by Kweku Abodoli.
4. What did the fraud committed by Lutgardo Acevedo and Judge Manuel Acevedo consist of?