WHITE COLLAR CRIMES AND FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS
Within the past two decades the amount of criminal investigations of businesses have increased due to an effort to apply criminal laws neutrally. Corporations were looked upon as artificial constructs unable of producing the intent needed to be guilty of crimes. Present day, prosecution of crimes committed by people working for giant corporations has escalated greatly. The public’s attention has been captured by these high profile cases.
The most common type of business crime is White Collar crime. Due to the fact that these crimes are committed under the cover of lawful business activity, and not associated with violence, these criminals usually have slighter penalties. These criminals may sustain such sentences as repayment, enormous fines, and some spend time in jail.
A bad act, causation and most importantly criminal intent are the three key points needed to be proven to convict someone criminally liable. White Collar crimes follow along those same general principles. Along with sharing same principles, defenses against these types of crimes are parallel to criminal defenses as well. Intoxication, insanity and incapacity are some of the widely used defenses.
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