White-collar crime refers to non-violent crimes that are financially motivated. Perpetrators who are hoping for monetary gain mainly commit them. White-collar professionals in the course of their occupations mainly commit this kind of crime. The victim of these crimes is usually companies that are subject to frauds. Fraud schemes mainly fall into this category of crime. Other kinds of crimes that are categorized as white-collar crimes include Ponzi schemes, insider trading, embezzlement, identity theft, money laundering, forgery, bribery, cybercrime, copyright infringement.
Readers of the report are expected to be, the police and law enforcers owners of companies, students who are involved in this field of study, the lecturer that is going to mark the report, workers who might partake in such crime and not know that they are breaking the law. When these people read this document, they will be able to know what lines not to cross in their occupations. They will also learn preventive measures that will help stall or entirely prevent these crimes. In the case the crimes do happen, the newly learnt knowledge will help them identify ways to act in order to solve the problem.
I will need to describe to the readers the kinds of white-collar crimes that have been identified by law enforcement agencies. This is includes the examples I mentioned earlier before, these crimes will therefore not be instigated without the perpetrators full knowledge. I will also want to warn the readers of the punishment they are due to face in case they are found out, arrested and found guilty in a court of law for perpetrating these heinous acts.
Sources that offer the most information are of course from the internet. An example is academic journals on the research topic available in online libraries. Another source is the multiple websites that are managed by the numerous enforcement agencies such as the FBI and the CIA.
I implore the instructor to approve this report. Knowledge is power; my findings will help lower the current trend of increasing white-collar crime by providing knowledge to its readers.
