white collar crime
Økonomisk kriminalitet begået i professionelle eller tillidsbaserede roller, typisk med henblik på økonomisk vinding. Begrebet er ikke en selvstændig strafbestemmelse, men en samlebetegnelse for en række lovovertrædelser reguleret i straffeloven og særlovgivningen.
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Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme — Largest Financial Fraud in History
The Madoff investment scandal is the largest Ponzi scheme in history, in which financier Bernie Madoff defrauded tens of thousands of investors worldwide out of an estimated $64.8 billion.
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The Octopus Murders is a disputed-death case centered on journalist Danny Casolaro, 41, found dead with slashed wrists in a Martinsburg, West Virginia hotel bathtub on August 10, 1991.
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