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White Collar Crimes
White collar crime usually involves illegal acts to obtain money, property, or services, or to secure a business or professional advantage. Much of white collar crime is covered by federal laws that govern all levels of business activity.
White collar crimes are governed by the general principles of criminal
liability- each crime requires a bad act, a criminal intent, and causation.
The defenses to white collar crime are the same ones applicable to all
crimes and include incapacity, insanity, intoxication, and duress. White
collar crime cases often invoke the defense of entrapment. Entrapment refers
to situations when the government has enticed a person to commit a crime
he or she otherwise would not have committed. Entrapment is usually viewed
by the courts through the eyes of the individual defendant. The defense
focus becomes the propensity of that defendant to commit the crime in determining
whether they have been entrapped. In some cases the government's conduct
is outrageous in terms of convincing a person to commit a crime.
Types of Cases: