White Collar Crimes:

Bribery: The corrupt payment, receipt or solicitation of a private favor for official action. (2) Bribery is a felony in most jurisdictions. (Related Crimes: Commercial Bribery)

Commercial Bribery: (1) The knowing solicitation or acceptance of a benefit in exchange for violating an oath of fidelity, such as that owed by an employee, partner, trustee, or attorney. (2) A supposedly disinterested appraiser’s acceptance of a benefit that influences the appraisal of goods or services. (3) Corrupt dealing with the agents or employment of prospective buyers to secure an advantage over business competitors.

Commercial Crime: (1) A crime that affects commerce; especially, a crime directed toward the property or revenues of a commercial establishment. (Related Crimes: Robbery, Embezzlement, Forgery, Prostitution, Illegal Gambling, & Extortion.)

Computer Crime: (1) A crime requiring knowledge of computer technology, such as sabotaging or stealing computer data or using a computer to commit some other crime.

Counterfeiting: (1) To forge, copy, or imitate (something) without a right to do so and with the purpose of deceiving or defrauding; especially, to manufacture fake money (or other security) that might be used in place of the genuine article.

Credit Card Fraud / Crime: (1) The offense of using a credit card to purchase something with knowledge that (1a) the card is stolen or forged, (1b) the card has been revoked or canceled, or (1c) the card’s use is unauthorized.

Criminal Fraud: (1) Fraud that has been made illegal by statute and that subjects the offender to criminal penalties such as fines and imprisonment. (2) An example is the willful evasion of taxes accomplished by filing a fraudulent tax return. (Related Crimes: Accounting Fraud, Bank Fraud, Credit-Card Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Internet Fraud, Investment Fraud, Securities Fraud, Tax Fraud, & Wire Fraud.)

Cybersquatting: (1) act of reserving a domain name on the Internet, especially a name that would be associated with a company’s trademark, and then seeking to profit by selling or licensing the name to the company that has an interest in being identified with it.

Cyberstalking: (1) The act of threatening, harassing or annoying someone through multiple e-mail messages, as through the Internet, especially with the intent of placing the recipient in fear that an illegal act or an injury will be inflicted on the recipient or a member or the recipient’s family or household.

Cybertheft: (1) The act of using an online computer service, such as one on the Internet , to steal someone else’s property or to interfere with someone else’s use and enjoyment of property. (Related Crimes: Computer Hacking)

Embezzlement: (1) The fraudulent taking of personal property with which one has been entrusted, especially as a fiduciary. (2) The criminal intent for embezzlement - unlike larceny and false pretenses - arises after taking possession (not before or during the talking). (3) Fraudulent conversion of property of another by one who is already in lawful possession of it. (Related Crimes: Larceny)

Extortion: (1) The offense committed by a public official who illegally obtains property under the color of office; especially, an official’s collection of an unlawful fee. (2) The act or practice of obtaining something or compelling some action by illegal means, as by force or coercion.

False Pretenses: Obtaining title by fraud (sale or trade transaction), or money obtained by fraud other than by gambling.

Forgery: (1) The act of fraudulently making a false document or altering a real one to be used as if genuine. (2) A false or altered document made to look genuine by someone with intent to deceive. (3) Under the act of fraudulently altering, authenticating, issuing, or transferring a writing without appropriate authorization. (4) Under the explicit terms of the code, writing can include items such as coins and credit cards.

Mail Fraud: (1) An act of fraud using the U.S. Postal Service, as in making false representations through the mail to obtain an economic advantage. (Related Crimes: Accounting Fraud, Bank Fraud, Credit-Card Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Internet Fraud, Investment Fraud, Securities Fraud, Tax Fraud, & Wire Fraud.)

Money Laundering: The federal crime of transferring illegally obtained money through legitimate persons or accounts so that its original source cannot be traced.

Pyramid Scheme: A property-distribution scheme in which a participant pays for the chance to receive compensation for introducing new persons to the scheme, as well as for when those new persons themselves introduce participants.

Racketeering: A system of organized crime traditionally involving the extortion of money from a business by intimidation, violence, or other illegal methods. (2) A pattern of illegal activity (such as bribery, extortion, fraud, and murder) carried out as part of an enterprise (such as a crime syndicate) that is owned or controlled by those engaged in the illegal activity.

Tax Evasion/Tax Fraud: (1) The willful attempt to defeat or circumvent the tax law in order to illegally reduce one’s tax liability. (2) Tax evasion is punishable by both civil and criminal penalties.

Theft: (1) The unlawful taking and removing of another’s personal property with the intent of depriving the true owner of it; larceny. (2) Broadly, any act or instance of stealing, including larceny, burglary, embezzlement, and false pretenses. (3) Many modern penal codes have consolidated such property offenses under the name “theft.” (Related Crimes: Identity Theft)

Wire Fraud: (1) An act of fraud using electronic communications, as by making false representations on the telephone to obtain money. (2) The federal Wire Fraud Act provides that any artifice to defraud by means of wire or other electronic communications (such as radio or television) in foreign or interstate commerce is a crime. (Related Crimes: Accounting Fraud, Bank Fraud, Credit-Card Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Internet Fraud, Investment Fraud, Securities Fraud, Tax Fraud, Wire Fraud.)