how ICT is used to detect white collar crime, the drivers of white collar crime, the impact of the crime and what organisations can do to prevent white collar crime. Over the years organizations have lost significant amounts of money from crimes committed by the least expected people in the organizations, people who have worked for the same employer for several years. Key words White Collar Crime, ICT, White collar criminal Definitions White Collar Crime - A non-violent crime that is committed by someone
Ponzi Perpetrators are described as a charming dealer who put more emphasis on certain things that are associated with them either professionally or in a social environment. According to Mitchell Zuckoff, Professor at University of Boston and Jory and Perry (2011) “Ponzi perpetrators are self-delusional.” The culprits of Ponzi schemes are most likely talented to betray investors and are considered to be overweening. These Ponzi scammers approach to those individual in a convincing manner and they
repercussions on organizations. Indeed, Smith (2001:1) alludes to the endemic nature of fraud by contending that fraud would have been a major growth area of the economy if it were considered as an industry Olasanmi (2010:8) opined that because many fraud cases are difficult to detect, it encourages many new fraudsters to join in perpetuating the fraud because management finds it very difficult to detect it and deals with it. According to Bolton & Hand (2002:12), the growth in the rate of occurrence of frauds
that 2.5 million dead people get their identities stolen every year. This can be devastating for family members of the deceased who have been left to manage his estate. More than 2,000 identities of corpses per day are assumed by these fraudsters. A study conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research showed that users may be putting themselves at a higher risk of identity theft as a result of their increasingly intimate social media behaviors. More than half of the people with social media profiles on platforms
In today's society, there is a white-collar crime that has greatly risen in popularity among criminals. This crime is identity theft. Hundreds of thousands of people have their identities stolen each year. Identity theft is when these criminals obtain and use consumer’s personal information such as credit card numbers, bank account numbers, insurance information, and social security numbers to purchase goods or services fraudulently. According to the Federal Trade Commission, over 1.1 million people
The gentrification phenomenon, being a controversial topic in urban planning discourse, have debated regarding it’s explanation, importance, it’s formation, processes and effects in both economic and social aspects, throughout its emerge in second half of 20th century. It occurred as a remarkable theme which is discussed in terms of benefits and risks in the academic field. Thus it is interpreted with a variety of different explanations. Each portrayed the subject with a different point of view
Higher Education Quality Committee "We are falling short in terms of national benchmarks for intake and, more particularly, for successful graduation" (November 29 2005) Zola Vakalisa, a professor of curriculum studies at the University of South Africa, said students often dropped out of studies because of language barriers. "Many students can hardly construct a paragraph, so there are extreme language barriers. Students struggle while reading library books because that language (English) is way beyond
English Language and Literature Studies; Vol. 5, No. 1; 2015 ISSN 1925-4768 E-ISSN 1925-4776 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education 13 Historicizing Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Critique of King Leopold II’s Colonial Rule Isam Shihada1 1 Associate Professor of English Literature and Gender Studies, Department of English, Gaza Strip, Palestine Correspondence: Isam Shihada, Associate Professor of English Literature and Gender Studies, Department of English, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin