WHITE COLLAR CRIMES

White-collar crimes refer to the group of property crimes typically committed to gain a business or professional advantage.

White-collar crimes include mail fraud, bank fraud, securities fraud, tax crimes, and insider trading, just to name a few.

The early definition of white-collar crime focused on the status of the offenders when it identified them as professionals or businessmen. However, the current definition of white-collar crime focuses on the actions committed and not on the vocation of the offender.

White-collar crime suggests using illegal acts involving deceit to obtain property, services or to gain a business or professional advantage. The RICO Act is generally thought of as a white-collar crime prevention statute.

Drug dealers have been charged with the "white collar crime" of mail fraud when they have delivered controlled substances through the mail. A printer was convicted of securities fraud when he used information he obtained in the course of printing corporate documents to gain an advantage in the stock market.

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