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White Collar Criminal Defense referred to crimes that were being committed by otherwise highly respected and upstanding citizens. Today the description simply implies that the crime was not one of violence. There are literally hundreds of crimes that are considered white collar and the criminals are usually sophisticated, smart and well educated. According to recent F.B.I. reports, the losses to the US exceed 300 billion dollars a year.

Below are some of the many crimes which are considered to be white collar:

* anti-dumping
* antitrust, including price-fixing and bid-rigging
* bank fraud
* bankruptcy crimes
* bribery, gratuities and public corruption
* clemency and pardon applications
* commodities futures trading fraud
* compliance programs
* computer fraud
* congressional investigations and hearings
* currency violations
* customs import and export violations
* debarment from government contracting
* Economic Espionage Act
* environmental crimes
* ERISA violations
* extortion
* extradition
* False Claims Act
* false statements and perjury
* Federal Election Campaign Act
* Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
* health care fraud
* housing fraud
* identity theft
* immigration-related crimes
* impeachment
* insurance-related crimes
* Interstate Travel in Aid of Racketeering Act
* mail fraud
* Medicare fraud
* military courts martial
* money laundering
* obstruction of justice
* OSHA and labor code violations
* passport and visa fraud
* Patriot Act
* procurement fraud
* Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act
* securities fraud
* tax fraud
* trade secrets theft
* wire fraud.



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