White Collar Crime

Compile two (2) white collar crime related articles which appear in the news media between September 1, 2017 and December 5, 2017. Make sure to include your sources!

Summarize the offense (for example: who is involved; what is the infraction; who is/are the victim(s), is it a criminal offense; a civil offense; how is the matter being addressed, by whom? what are the sanctions involved, if any? if the matter has not been resolved, how do you think it should be resolved? if it has been resolved, do you agree with how it was resolved? How is society affected by this offense)? Discuss your individual opinion regarding the case as it relates to white collar crime. Relate the crime to the characteristics of white collar crime and the offenders of white collar crime as we’ve discussed in class. ALL ARTICLES ARE TO COME FROM A NEWSPAPER IN YOUR LOCAL AREA AND FROM THE FOLLOWING STATES: NJ, PA, DE, NY, CT, MD, VA, and Washington DC. NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN FOR AN ARTICLE/CASE THAT WAS TAKEN FROM A NATIONAL WEBSITE (for example: FBI, ABA, SEC, National Whistleblower website, or any other national website) OR from the New York Times Book%Deal website, or from an opinion or editorial that talks about types of cases, or from a law firm blog or website. This assignment is looking for CASE SPECIFIC articles!

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In the printed article, “Doctor Tied to Sen. Menendez Case could Get 30 years or more”, the white collar crime involved include health care fraud, bribing, falsifying the patients’ record files and providing false claims. The person involved is Dr. Salomon Melgen who was charged with 67 counts of fraud and bribery (Press, 2017).
In light of the facts presented in the article, despite health care fraud I being a white collar crime,

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