White Collar Crime In Canada

Defining, "White Collar Crime," is financially motivated nonviolent crime committed for illegal monetary gain. White Collar Crime is similar to corporate crime as white-collar employees are more likely to commit fraud, bribery, insider trading, embezzlement, cybercrime, money laundering, identity theft, copyright infringement and forgery. "White Collar Crime," consists of occupational crime and corporate crime. Occupational crime refers to offences committed against businesses or government by those with "respectable" social status. It includes the embezzlement of corporate funds, tax evasion, computer crime and expense-account fraud. Corporate crime refers to offences committed by legitimate institutions to further their own interests and includes conspiring to fix the prices of goods or services, the dumping of pollutants, the payment of kickbacks by manufacturers to retailers, misleading advertising, sell...