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Law school casebook supplement containing important statutes for the study of "white-collar" crimes. Although suited for the named casebook, it is ideal for other cases on this subject as well. It features statutes cited in the casebook as well as other relevant materials. ... Read more

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Move over M*A*S*H and make way for the motley crew from the economic crimes unit during the heyday of the seventies. C. C. Chaney's three kids have become teenagers - so she takes off her apron and enters the work force as a paralegal, a brand new field at the time.

C. C., however, can't find a job. Undaunted, she finds herself in the unlikely position of doing undercover work for the district attorney while carrying a large tape recorder in her bra.

C. C. and her cohorts manage to have plenty of fun while getting the job done. Ms. Erickson's conversational style and entertaining cast of characters will have you laughing in your seat. ... Read more

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a very enjoyable read
Title:My Life Undercover ~ the adventures of a white-collar investigator

Author:Mary Erickson
Publisher:Behler Publications
Release date:2004
ISBN:0-9748962-7-6
Format Reviewed:First edition, SoftCover
Reviewer:Claudia Turner VanLydegraf,
Age Group (Adult-/Young Adult - Teen - Child (reading Level age):Most Teen, Adult.

Mary Erickson has a way and style of writing that lets the reader think they are actually remembering the way things were when the stories in this book take place.She puts her reader right there and lets them see the actions or memories through her eyes.She lets you make your own stories coincide with hers.This book will open the eyes of younger readers by letting them glimpse the past and the limits of things that everyone takes for granted now.She also makes it easy for that younger reader by having a Grandson as one of the main characters in this sweet novel.

I liked the ways that she told the stories that were undoubtedly very upsetting to the people that some of those investigations were the eventual result.She was honest about the pitfalls and abuses of the system, and how those things affected people during that more naive time.Some of those very same things are still done to people every day and still affect people much the same ways; however, we are more educated to them now than we were then.TV, Newspapers, Radio and Cable have all given us more insight into the mind of a minor predator or wannabe criminal.

My Life Undercover is an easy read, that brings a bit of nostalgia and a well placed, choke in the throat or a giggle, sigh, and smile every once in a while.I am sure that there are more stories this author has under her hat, which would make equally interesting reading. A pleasure to pick up and hard to put down, even though sometimes you have other things to do, you still want to sit and read of her Life Stories.A book that gently stirs the emotions and makes the reader more open minded to the realities of the people around them.

A Hilarious & Fun Read~~Review by author Joy L. Rutter
Being a fan of humor, I could not wait to read Mary Erickson's book "My Life Under Cover". I was not disappointed. Mary maintains a wonderful dry wit while describing rather weird circumstances, some harrowing, and others outrageously funny. Some of the characters come alive as an odd lot of eccentrics and only Mary can turn an amateurish attorney into someone you'd shake your head and say, "You gotta love him." My Life Under Cover is a book to save when you have nothing to do because it is hard to put aside. I finished it in two days on the road while my son drove through a blizzard from Kentucky to New Hampshire. The book kept my eyes off the frightful road conditions while the humor kept my mind occupied with a truly fun read.

Mary Erickson's style is a blend of the late Erma Bombeck and Mary Roach who writes `Our Planet' in the Readers Digest.

A Grandma Tell All....
Reviewed by C.J. Morace (Author of Cocodrie and Appalachia)

Everybody has a job to do....if you're lucky you'll stuff a bulky 1970s recorder into your bra and go out to "bust" some small time scam artists as the main role of your latest employment. And if you are the average housewife/mother who has just stumbled into this sometimes wacky world of urban deception (in the name of consumer protection), you might just want to chronicle your adventures. Then you could provide the world with an irreverently funny look at what goes on behind the scenes of investigating fraud and the nefarious practices of everything from false advertising to faulty furnace repair. And in 2005 we could all laugh along with you at your experiences.
I thoroughly enjoyed these memoirs of a grandma with a very interesting past. I immediately bonded with C.C., feeling all of her apprehension about the red light blinking inappropriately between her breasts, her pranking co-workers and a never-ending sense of "what am I doing here?"
MYLIFE UNDERCOVER is a delightful, light-hearted escape, read it to get away to the memories of a much less technical, but much more entertaining, days-gone-by, world. You won't regret it.

Extremely Funny
Paralegal certificate in hand, C.C. Chaney heads out into the business world, hoping to land a job in the field she loves: law. At the age of 42, she ends up as an investigator with the Economic Crimes Unit for her city's District Attorney's Office. And that's when the fun starts. With tape recorder stuffed into her 40-D bra, C.C. sets out to catch violators of the consumer protection act. C.C. goes after scam artists, auto repair shops, air conditioning repairmen, art forgers, roof repairers, employment agencies, and the like, some with success, others not. But all with a great deal of humor and fun.

Author Mary Erickson's comedic peek into the investigative work of a middle-aged former homemaker will evoke plenty of laughs. Her style is wonderfully engaging and a delight to read. The antics of C.C. and her cohorts and the quirky characters they deal with will hold the reader's attention throughout, eagerly turning pages to read what happens next. Absolutely one of the most entertaining books written, one everyone should read, if only for the health benefit derived from having a good laugh.
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Israel, Podgor, Borman and Henning's 2006 Statutory, Documentary and Case Supplement to White Collar Crime, Law and Practice, 2d Edition ... Read more

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Crime. Criminalization, Occupational crime, Federal crime, Organized crime, Signal crime, Verbal offence, White-collar crime, Crime statistics, List of countries by intentional homicide rate, Murder, Rape, United States cities by crime rate, Crime importation, Crime against peace, Crime of apartheid, Genocide, Piracy, History of slavery, War of aggression, War crime ... Read more

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WHITECOLLAR CRIME IN THE CHURCH is an Expose¿of the ongoing miscarriage of justice and intrigue, even in the clergy.The conspiracy deepens. Others are snared into the wicked scheme of events:U.S. Justice Department, FBI, criminal division of the IRS, and others. Aportrait of where American Christianity has declined is displayed in theskulduggery of some Clergy who have become inveterate Hypocrites. Bullies inthe Pulpit are trying to take over the churches of today. If possible, theseBullies who are controlled by their thirst of power and greed will rule andreign with cruel threats. They intimidate, manipulate, and coerce theirfollowers (Bully Buddies) in order to gain absolute control.¿¿¿¿¿¿ Itis apparent that people in the church with power, might, and money can becriminals and escape punishment. Maybe politics has played a role after all.Innocent people continue to suffer as victims of the heavy-handed unscrupuloustechniques of the Bullies and their Bully Buddies. Districtand National church officials became insidious in their hypocrisy. Churchleaders who have become Bullies and Bully Buddies, a dominating and exclusivegroup of people, now are the Church Mafia?¿They subjugate and tyrannize their subordinates. Compromiseand conflict of interest surrounding this ongoing saga has grown. In additionto the involvement of Assemblies of God Northwest District Council (NorthwestMinistry Network of the AG) and General Council Officials, it now includes U.S.Government Officials who have been snared into the wicked scheme of events.Americais like a sinking ship that needs to dial Heaven's 911 and cry out inrepentance to God Almighty for forgiveness and help. In order for the Churchand our Nation to be restored, some church officials/leaders need to repent andmake restitution to those whom they have so sinfully injured. ... Read more

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The first inside look at how the elite white-collar crime defense bar goes about its work. Mann's book reveals that these lawyers see their main task as controlling information about their clients, especially the flow of harmful information to government investigators. As both lawyer and sociologist, Mann was able to gain access only rarely available to scholars. His book raises important ethical and policy questions for the bar and for the administration of justice. "People who think our criminal system is too soft on muggers and petty thieves can learn from Mann's book how soft things get when business-class thieves are in trouble." -- Michael Kinsley, Fortune ... Read more

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Today's high-flying, high-rolling conglomarateurs and corporate raiders are a tame lot compared to their immediate predecessors. The most notorious of these is Robert Vesco, the Kingfish himself, who in 1973 fled the United States accused of looting $250 million from Investors Overseas Services. Now, in this riveting account, noted author Arthur Herzog tells the astounding story of this high school dropout from Detroit, who parlayed cunning, ambition, a brilliant mind, and above all, other people's gullibility and money into a vast financial empire.

Vesco's was a different kind of white collar crime. Indeed, there are many today who think he is not a criminal at all—just a victim of the SEC ("See Everything Crooked"). Working narrowly within the system, Vesco joined together smaller companies to form ever larger ones; then, driving up the price of stocks, he attracted investors by the thousands worldwide. When, at last, the dream fell apart, he got out before being thrown in jail. What followed was a desperate escape—and an equally desperate chase by the FBI, CIA, and SEC—to the Bahamas, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and finally Havana, Cuba, where Vesco now lives under the protection of Fidel Castro.

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A Middling Account of Robert Vesco's Life and Crimes
Robert Vesco was a latter-day robber baron who looted his own company and then fled the U.S. when the Feds tried to imprison him. For about 35 years, Vesco lived in exile with his dwindling fortune - always one step ahead of Uncle Sam. Arthur Herzog tells this story in Vesco. While the material is there for a great book, Herzog cannot quite deliver the goods.

Herzog's book has two very distinct parts: first he tells the story of Vesco's business career and then he covers Vesco's life abroad. The first part of the book is dull and overly complex. Herzog includes very little about Vesco's early life in Detroit and the reader wants to know more. Even worse is the account of Vesco's business dealings, about which Herzog goes into far too much detail.

The second part of the book is better. Once he became a fugitive, Vesco led a bizarre life. He lived in Antigua, Costa Rica, the Bahamas, Nicaragua, and Cuba; other than Cuba, no one really wanted Vesco, so he constantly bribed officials to avoid being expelled or extradited.Herzog does a good job of examining Vesco's life on the lam and of describing each place that Vesco lived.

Vesco created intrigue wherever he went, so readers enjoy some great stories. Herzog tells of Vesco's interactions with dozens of colorful characters including Richard Nixon, Fidel Castro, womanizing investor Bernard Cornfeld, Costa Rican President Jose Figueres, and Bahamian Prime Minister Lynden Pindling. Another entertaining section of the book concerns the U.S. government's (unsuccessful) plans to get Vesco back in the U.S. Unfortunately, the book ends in 1987 and does not discuss Vesco's trial in Cuba for drug trafficking or his 2007 death.

In the end, I'm ambivalent about Vesco. The story is fantastic, but Herzog doesn't do it justice. Too often the reader has to slog through it. If you enjoy reading about business chicanery, Vesco is a decent read.

Reads like a Federal indictment
No doubt, lots of work went into this book. It is very detailed. Vesco led a secret life, so the first 75% of the book deals with the complicated web of financial transactions that lead up to the interesting stuff, stealing 225million dollars. Very hard to follow, I found myself skipping over pages over and over again just trying to get through some of the painfully boring, hard to follow parts. Not much on Vescos personal life, which is understandable. I am traveling around Latin America, spent months in Costa Rica. He is legend there among local people. Thought it would be a good beach read, was wrong. I apologize to the author because there was so much research done to write this. If you are a coke bottle reading glasses kind of dork, you might find the details somewhat interesting. If you do though, please consider killing yourself.

Well done!
Beyond the obvious research the author has done on the subject; he has painted a picture of one of those men in history who lived a colorful life at possibly the wong time. In today's world Robert Vesco would probably be a hero.

The only game in town
The book is about as good as any book could be, given the secrecy in which its main subject operated. It never gives the reader any clarity about why Vesco committed the crimes that made him famous (he could have made just about as much money legally, and would not have ended up in jail in Cuba as a result.) But in a case where little is known about what precisely happened, it is unfair to expect Herzog to explain why it happened. Anyway, this is the only book on Mr. Vesco that discusses his later career, and it sorely deserves an update. Required reading for any scholars of 1970s finance or Wall Street scandals.

VESCO book is Real-Life Suspense Thriller
VESCO:FROM WALL STREET TO CASTRO'S CUBA by Arthur Herzog is a riveting study of while-collar criminal, Robert Vesco, accused by the Securities Exchange Commission of looting Bernard Cornfeld's Investor's Overseas Service (IOS) of 425 million in 1986. Vesco fled the USA before he was brought to trial, presumably, taking the money with him. The ingredients of "game playing", secretiveness, manipulation, bravado, and a "slippery streak" mixed with a more than usual dose of greed and chutzpah is the foundation of the Vesco legend.
Herzog looks at his ambitious childhood in Detroit, his early marriage at seventeen, and his knack of losing jobs. After awhile Vesco decides to start his own businesses, ultimately creating wealthy conglomerates. But Vesco did not work alone; he sought out and persuaded powerful, wealthy men to join him in his various get-rich schemes. After he left the country, he still had a line to the best attorneys to represent him and to powerful politicians to protect him, as he hop-scotched around the Caribbean--Costa Rica, the Bahamas, Nicaragua, Antigua, and eventually Castro's Cuba. It is here that Herzog catches up with the fugitive financier and gets the first interview ever with him. Ironically, Herzog's last question, "Bob, was it all worth it?" is left unanswered as Vesco scurries away.
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The goal of this Video Leadership Seminar is to provide executives with critical information for avoiding white collar crime situations. The DVD is viewable on any computer or iPod (that supports video) and features 90 minutes of live video with John F. Lang of Loeb & Loeb LLP sharing his best practices for specific steps every executive should be taking to prevent white collar crime disputes for themselves and their company. The Video Leadership Seminar provides essential information for handling these disputes, including the steps to take and what to avoid, as well as an overall checklist for making sure you are doing every you should be to avoid such situations.

Topics covered in the Video Leadership Seminar include:

A checklist for what to do to avoid the most significant problem areas
Most common areas that result in white collar crime issues
Laws governing white collar crime
The role of other executives/lawyers and how they can help your situation
Case Studies of specific situations and what you can learn from them

Questions answered in this Video Leadership Seminar include:

What are the 3-5 situations or areas that most often result in white collar crime related issues?
What are the areas or factors that work in your client s favor for hopefully avoiding white collar crime problems?
What strategies have you developed personally to help executives and companies with white collar crime situation prevention?
Which executive levels are most likely to end up in white collar crime situations? Why do you think this is?
What misinformation or confusion among executives is most likely to lead to white collar crime situations? How and why?
If a company finds itself unable to avoid a white collar crime situation, what are 5-7 steps an executive/management team needs to engage in to minimize the potential consequences of the situation?
What are the most significant laws that impact white collar crime related situations?
How have these laws changed in the last few years? What is new that executives may not be aware of? Do you think these changes have been positive or negative? How have these changes affected the way that you represent and counsel clients?
What does the future look like for these laws how could they impact white collar crime issues in the coming years? Do you think these changes will be positive or negative? In what ways?
Who are the key players in an white collar crime prevention situation can you give me at least 4 examples (such as a CEO, executives, management, board of directors, shareholders, etc.)?
What is the average cost to defend a client in a white collar crime situation? What is the range of costs?
What is the range of penalties in white collar crime matters?

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With more than 500 entries (including up-to-date information on such high profile cases as Martha Stewart and Enron), the Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime gathers history, definitions, examples, investigation, prosecution, assessments, challenges, and projections into one definitive reference work on the topic.The Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime is edited to incorporate information about a variety of white-collar crimes, and provides examples of persons, statutes, companies, and convictions. Each entry offers a thorough and thoughtful summary of the topic. Rather than a simple definition, users are given a satisfying and sophisticated synopsis with references for further study.Articles consider all aspects of white-collar and corporate crime, including:* Law: describes specific elements of corporate law and the various illegal acts to which they apply* Individuals: brief biographical sketches, primarily focused on how they relate to the study of white-collar crime* Events: criminal events include descriptions of specific cases of white-collar crime, both past and currentThe Encyclopedia was developed primarily for college, public, and high school libraries. Post-graduate academics, law firms, and corporations will also find this a valuable addition to their libraries. ... Read more

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Insider trading. Savings and loan scandals. Enron.

Corporate crimes were once thought of as victimless offenses, but now—with billions of dollars and an increasingly global economy at stake—this is understood to be far from the truth.

The International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime explores the complex interplay of factors involved when corporate cultures normalize lawbreaking, and when organizational behavior is pushed to unethical (and sometimes inhumane) limits. Featuring original contributions from a panel of experts representing North America, Asia, Europe, and Australia, this timely volume presents multidisciplinary views on recent corporate wrongdoing affecting economic and social conditions worldwide.

• Criminal liability and intent
• Stock market and financial crime
• Bribery and extortion
• Computer and identity fraud
• Health care fraud
• Crime in the professions
• Industrial pollution
• Political corruption
• War crimes and genocide

Contributors offer case studies, historical and sociopolitical analyses, theoretical and legal perspectives, and comparative studies, featuring examples as varied as NASA, Parmalat, the Italian government, and Watergate. Criminal justice responses to these phenomena, the role of the media in exposing or minimizing them, prevention, regulation, and self- policing strategies, and larger global issues emerging from economic crime are also featured.

Richly diverse in its coverage, The International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime is stimulating reading for students, academics, and professionals in a wide range of fields, from criminology and criminal justice to business and economics, psychology to social policy to ethics. This powerful information is certain to change many of our deeply held views on criminal behavior.

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As the costs of medical care have skyrocketed, so has the amount of money lost to fraudulent health insurance providers. These bogus operations typically victimize individuals on the lower end of the socioeconomic scale who then face staggering medical bills without coverage.

Robert Tillman shows how market conditions and weak regulatory structures have allowed these crimes to occur, and cites recent institutional and legal changes that have created both new demands for insurance and greater opportunities for fraud. He also analyzes the political and economic climate that enables these criminal practices to flourish.

Drawing on court documents, congressional hearings, and actual cases, Tillman provides numerous examples of the three most prevalent forms of fraud: scams involving multiple employer welfare arrangements, employee leasing schemes, and fictitious labor unions. He also examines recent innovations in insurance fraud such as "24-hour plans" and coverage offered by dubious religious organizations.

With the regulation of health insurance currently in chaos, Broken Promises offers a critical examination of this insidious form of white-collar crime. It is a timely book that raises important questions about the definition of insurance and consumer protection. ... Read more

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Broken Promises...
A good examination of failure in the USA health marketThis is a good opportunity to examine market failure in the US health care system. Private insurance schemes are making only very small inroads into universal, free at the point of use state financed welfare systems in Europe. However, I think that most European academics in this field will be alive to the possibility of fraud existing in the health insurance markets - if only because of the awareness raised by John Grisham's best-selling book The Rainmaker, which was published 3 years earlier. A contrast with `The Rainmaker' is not entirely flippant. Broken Promises is introduced with a case study that in some ways mirrors the dealings of Grishams fictitious `Great Benefits' health insurance company. Tillman also writes well and this book may well be considered `an interesting read' by the layperson. Broken Promises is an interesting study of insider health insurance fraud. This book is about white-collar criminals but fundamentally it is also about the conditions which promote their crimes. The author explores the ways in which weak regulatory structures and prevailing market conditions have contributed to the occurrence of insurance frauds. The book analyzes the political and economic environment and demonstrates convincingly how these have `enabled' such fraudulent practices to flourish. He also examines how recent legal and institutional changes have created new demand for insurance but also greater scope for fraud.. Broken Promises is written in six chapters (plus a short conclusion), each around 30 pages in length with reference to numerous case studies. Chapter One describes the structural underpinnings of what Tillman refers to as `the social and political construction' of health insurance fraud. Tillman draws upon documentary evidence to provide numerous examples of the three most prevalent manifestations of fraud: swindles which involve multiple employer welfare relationships, employee leasing schemes, and fictitious labour unions as well as more recent innovations, such as`24-hour plans' and cover offered by some religious organizations. The next 4 chapters discuss numerous case studies involving these different forms of fraud. Chapter 2 discusses fraud resulting from multiple employer welfare arrangements. These arrangements were meant to provide alternative mechanisms for health insurance, but case studies detail what can go wrong, in particular when the trusts funding fails. Chapter 3 examines employee-leasing schemes, which do not, to my knowledge, apply in Europe. This is where small businesses, can take advantages of economies of scale by banding together as a notional `leasing agency' and then `sacking' their staff - on paper - but then hiring them (again on paper) though the leasing firm who then provides health and other employee benefits at reduced rates. The number of US workers involved was around 2.5 million by 1995. It is clear from Tillman's work that a significant number of these leasing agencies had very little, or no, assets with which to fund health care and that `cowboy' operators had moved into the marketplace with disastrous consequences for those insured. Chapter 4 examines frauds involving labour unions and involves description and analysis of what he terms `recombinant fraud' that continually changes in the face of prevailing conditions. This chapter's utilizes a set of related cases in order to track and analyze the processes involved. The fifth chapter examines fraud by companies who claim not to be selling insurance, by claiming to be a religious or a mutual organization rather than an insurance company. Fraud by these forms of organization raise questions for regulators on issues surrounding the definition of insurers and the role of the state in protecting consumers. The final chapter discusses the social and political barriers that are in place, which are hindering a change in legislation to better protect consumers from fraud. Amongst his conclusions Tillman examines the role of the state in regulating the markets providing this core welfare service. The message of the book is clear. The regulation of health insurance, at the time the book was written, was (and may still be) chaotic and the state is failing in its fundamental duty to protect its citizens. There are sections of this book, which cry out for a deeper sociological analysis of risk and the state. For example, in a Focaultian analysis of policy trends in the liberal state the rational individual will wish to become responsible for the self as this will produce the most effective mode of provision for security against risk. Equally the responsible individual will take rational steps to insure against risk in order to be independent rather than dependent upon others. This is backed up by a moral responsibility or duty to the self (Greco, 1993). Here prevention and risk management becomes the responsibility of the individual. Reliance upon the state, even for protection against crime, is not to be encouraged (O'Malley, 1991). However, how can individuals protect themselves against insurance fraud? Individuals are insuring against risk but that insurance is itself becoming a risk. Reliance upon the state is not encouraged but it is now clear that the community can not cope alone with fraudulent insurers. This raises issues regarding an enhanced role for the state, which may then have wider implications for this and other welfare fields. However, this book makes no claims to be a sociological text and the work is well suited for the target audience. In short it is a good exposé and worth a read for anyone interested in this field. ... ( ... Read more

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While most believe that white-collar crime is prosecuted only by federal agencies, local prosecutors are playing an increasingly important role in the social control of corporate violators. Yet many are reluctant to take legal action at the local level because such cases often entail unique challenges and difficulties.

Michael L. Benson and Francis T. Cullen present exhaustive research that combines quantitative data on cases with qualitative information on the procedural and legal constraints facing local enforcement. Drawing on extensive interviews, they investigate how local prosecutors respond to corporate crime (or whether they do at all) within a community context.

As watchdogs of community morals, district attorneys and others decide which lawbreakers to pursue, but as elected public servants they may hesitate to indict companies on whose stability the community depends. Factors such as population size, region, crime rate, economic conditions, and legal culture influence a community's attitude toward corporate crime, which, in turn, influences the decision to prosecute. The authors also show that questions concerning jurisdiction, resource allocation, or appropriate punishment may dissuade local prosecutors from pursuing some cases. They address the limitations of the federal government in prosecuting corporate crime and offer suggestions to facilitate more positive action at the local level, including better access to laboratories, more information exchange and networking, and improved training.

An insightful work on a too-long neglected aspect of white-collar crime, this is essential reading not only for students of criminal justice and public administration but also for practitioners who confront these special problems and obstacles every day. ... Read more