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Taub, Jennifer.
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White collar crimes -- United States.
Commercial crimes -- United States.
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Taub, Jennifer.
White collar crimes -- United States.
Commercial crimes -- United States.
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Big
dirty
money
: the
shocking
injustice
and
unseen
cost
of
white
collar
crime
/ Jennifer Taub.
by
Taub, Jennifer.
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
Call #:
364.168 T222b
Subjects
White
collar
crimes -- United States.
Commercial crimes -- United States.
ISBN:
9781984879974 (hc)
Description:
xxxvi, 298 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-283) and index.
Summary:
"There is an elite
crime
spree happening in America, and the privileged perps are getting away with it. Selling loose cigarettes on a city sidewalk can lead to a choke-hold arrest, and death, if you are not among the top 1%. But if you're rich and commit mail, wire, or bank fraud, embezzle pension funds, lie in court, obstruct justice, bribe a public official, launder
money
, or cheat on your taxes, you're likely to get off scot-free (or even win an election). When caught and convicted, such as for bribing their kids' way into college, high-class criminals make brief stops in minimum security 'Club Fed' camps. Operate the scam from the executive suite of a giant corporation, and you can prosper with impunity. Consider Wells Fargo & Co. Pressured by management, employees at the bank opened more than three million bank and credit card accounts without customer consent, and charged late fees and penalties to account holders. When CEO John Stumpf resigned in 'shame,' the board of directors granted him a $134 million golden parachute. This is not victimless
crime
.
Big
Dirty
Money
details the scandalously common and concrete ways that ordinary Americans suffer when the well-heeled use
white
collar
crime
to gain and sustain wealth, social status, and political influence. Profiteers caused the mortgage meltdown and the prescription opioid crisis, they've evaded taxes and deprived communities of public funds for education, public health, and infrastructure. Taub goes beyond the headlines (of which there is no shortage) to track how we got here (essentially a post-Enron failure of prosecutorial muscle, the growth of "too
big
to jail" syndrome, and a developing implicit immunity of"--Publisher.
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