A pattern of illegal activity carried out as part of an enterprise that is owned or controlled by those alleged to be engaged in the illegal activity. The latter definition derives from the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations Act (RICO), a set of laws (18 U.S.C.A. ยง 1961 et seq. [1970]) specifically designed to punish racketeering by business enterprises .
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Money laundering is the process of concealing the source of money obtained by illicit means. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication.
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The illegal drug trade is a global black market, dedicated to cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of drugs, which are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit the possession, importation and distribution of illegal subtances. The federal statutes are extremely harsh and punishment often involves the imposition of mandatory minimum sentences.
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Extortion is a criminal offense which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person(s), entity, or institution, through physical force and/or coercion.
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A criminal offence in violation of laws that promote or maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct.
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White-collar crime is a 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 be charged with a variety of frauds, including wire fraud, bank fraud, mortage fraud and tax fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering/structuring, identity theft, and forgery.
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Cyber crime (or Computer Crime) encompasses any criminal act dealing with computers and networks (called hacking). Additionally, cyber crime also includes traditional crimes conducted through the Internet. For example; hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts are considered to be cyber crimes when the illegal activities are committed through the use of a computer and the Internet.
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Many states have recognized the cruelty associated with the imposition of the lawful infliction of death as a punishment -- death by lethal injection. Capital punishment, however, continues to be used in federal courts around the nation, particularly in states that would not otherwise inflict such a draconian penalty on its citizens. Despite controversy over its merits and over its effectiveness as a deterrent to serious crime, federal death penalty prosecutions continue.
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Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide (such as manslaughter).
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Real estate fraud can take many forms. Some examples of real estate fraud include foreclosure bailout, home equity fraud, home renovation scams, and deceptive timeshare scams. Foreclosure bailout schemes involve promises to rescue a home in foreclosure while renting the home back to the original owner.
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Federal wire fraud is any criminally fraudulent activity that has been facilitated or accomplished with the use of electronic communications of any kind, at any phase of the event. The involvement of electronic communications may add to the severity of the penalty, so that it is greater than the penalty for fraud that is otherwise identical except for the non-involvement of electronic communications.
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Offences that are committed against individuals or groups of individuals with a criminal motive to intentionally harm the reputation of the victim or cause physical or mental harm to the victim directly or indirectly, using modern telecommunication networks such as Internet (Chat rooms, emails, notice boards and groups) and mobile phones (SMS/MMS)
Today, we are increasingly seeing the use of cybercrime as a means of accessing bank private accounts. Simply put, cyber crime is much like committing a crime by stealth...where one cannot easily be seen or detected.
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Act or course of deception, an intentional concealment, omission, or perversion of truth, to gain unlawful or unfair advantage, induce another to part with some valuable item or surrender a legal right, or inflict injury in some manner.
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Insurance fraud occurs when any act is committed with the intent to fraudulently obtain some benefit or advantage to which they are not otherwise entitled or someone knowingly denies some benefit that is due and to which someone is entitled. False insurance claims are insurance claims filed with the intent to defraud an insurance provider.
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In the United States, Medicare fraud is a general term that refers to an individual or corporation that seeks to collect Medicare health care reimbursement under false pretenses. There are many different types of Medicare fraud, all of which have the same goal: to collect money from the Medicare program illegitimately.
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Mortgage fraud is a crime in which the intent is to materially misrepresent or omit information on a mortgage loan application to obtain a loan or to obtain a larger loan than would have been obtained had the lender or borrower known the truth.
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Violent crimes include crimes committed with weapons. With the exception of rape (which accounts for 6% of all reported violent crimes), males are the primary victims of all forms of violent crime.
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Public corruption is a term which encompasses a large number of white collar criminal offenses. While the specific definitions of this offense will vary depending upon the state and jurisdiction, the general definition of public corruption is the offering, receiving or giving of preferential treatment or "favors" in exchange for money, property or other valuables. Most often, public officials are involved in charges of public corruption. These cases involve officials who are accused of violating public trust.
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Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings mainly for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor.
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The process to seek and obtain a review and reversal of an administrative decision by a court or by a higher authority within the administrative agency. See also certiorari, notice of appeal, trial (trial de novo), and writ of error.
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Civil law is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals and/or organizations, in which compensation may be awarded to the victim.
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