Fraud is serious. Just ask recently arrested Tavares Mayor, Robert Wolfe. Mayor Wolfe is accused of committing fraud by submitting a false claim to his insurance company for $9,300 worth of damage to his home. It is alleged that Mayor Wolfe submitted a claim to his insurance company that he was forced to move out of his home due...
Continue ReadingWhite collar crimes are referring to criminal conduct committed for financial gain but without the use of force or violence. This can be referring to crimes as simple as illegal gambling and more complicated crimes such as money laundering or RICO violations. In the United States, 62.5% of people have experienced at least one form of white collar crime...
Continue ReadingA doctor in Florida has been charged with allegedly distributing oxycodone, diazepam, and methadone to thousands of patients in Florida who visited one of her Dollar Medic Clinics. The doctor allegedly handed out the prescriptions for these controlled substances over Skype and even without meeting the patient. When she did meet with patients, she met with numerous patients a day...
Continue ReadingThere is no agreed upon definition of a white collar crime. According to Wex Law Dictionary, sociologist Edwin Sutherland coined the term in 1939 as “a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation.” Wex also states that a white collar crime is generally a nonviolent crime committed in a...
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