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Robber Barons
Robber baron is a derogatory term generally used to describe an elite group of capitalists who advanced the American economy through investments in natural resources and land development throughout the 19th century. It was widely rumored (and in many cases ...
- Advertising Fraud
- A. H. Robins Inc.
- Adulteration, Economically Motivated
- Antiquities Fraud
- Accounting Fraud
- Bid Rigging
- Alien Tort Statute
- Baycol Case
- Agnew, Spiro
- ABSCAM
- Buffalo Creek Disaster
- Antitrust, Federal Trade Commission
- Advance Fee Scam
- Defense Industry Fraud
- Age Discrimination
- Antitrust, Federal Trade Commission
- Academi
- Automobiles
- Antiquities Theft
- Arbitrage
- Bribery
- Bank Secrecy Act
- Bendectin Case
- Anderson, Jack
- Agnew, Spiro
- Canadian Mining Scandals
- Antitrust, U.S. Department of Justice
- Art Fraud
- Iraq War
- Asbestos
- Antitrust, U.S. Department of Justice
- Adelphia Communications Corp.
- Bait and Switch
- Board of Directors
- Bank Fraud
- Campaign Finance
- Boland Amendments
- Breast Implants
- Benson, Michael
- Anderson, Jack
- Coal Mining
- Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, U.S.
- Bad Checks
- Robber Barons
- Brown Lung
- Arbitrage
- Allied Chemical Corp.
- Baycol Case
- Bribery
- Bank of Credit and Commerce International
- Defense Industry Fraud
- Celler-Kefauver Act
- Dalkon Shield Case
- Boesky, Ivan
- Edwards, John
- Corporate Dumping
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, U.S.
- Bait and Switch
- War Crimes
- Canadian Mining Scandals
- Bank Fraud
- Allied Irish Banks
- Bendectin Case
- Capitalism
- Bankruptcy Fraud
- Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.
- Clayton Antitrust Act
- Fertility Fraud
- Braithwaite, John
- Hunter, Rielle
- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
- Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, U.S.
- Bid Rigging
- War on Drugs
- Challenger Disaster
- Bankruptcy Fraud
- American Cyanamid Co.
- Better Business Bureaus
- Caveat Emptor
- Bond Fraud
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
- Clean Air Act
- Health Care Fraud
- Bush, George H. W.
- Iran-Contra Affair
- Global Warming
- Commodities Futures Trading Commission, U.S.
- Bond Fraud
- War on Terror
- Coal Mining
- Bid Rigging
- American Hospital Supply Corp.
- Breast Implants
- Civil Forfeiture
- Collateralized Debt Obligations
- Federal Trade Commission
- Clean Water Act
- Medical Malpractice
- Bush, George W.
- Kilpatrick, Kwame
- Grassy Narrows First Nations Reserve
- Consent Agreements and Orders
- Charity Fraud
- World War I
- Embezzlement
- Boycott
- American International Group
- Caveat Emptor
- Class-Action Lawsuits
- Commodities Fraud
- Food and Drug Administration, U.S.
- Comprehensive Thrift Act
- Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
- Butcher Brothers
- Paterson, David
- Greenpeace
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, U.S.
- Check Kiting
- World War II
- Employee Crimes
- Campaign Finance
- American Motors Corp.
- Charity Fraud
- Conflict Theory
- Counterfeiting
- Government Contract Fraud
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Carnegie, Andrew
- Plame Affair
- Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
- Corporate Capture
- Computer Hacking
- Employee Safety
- Canadian Mining Scandals
- Amerifunding
- Cigarette Advertising
- Conspiracy
- Credit Card Fraud
- Government Procurement Fraud
- Consumer Product Safety Commission Act
- Research Fraud
- Carson, Rachel
- Rangel, Charles
- Hazardous Waste
- Creative Compliance
- Contractor Fraud
- Gender Discrimination
- Charity Fraud
- Anheuser-Busch InBev
- Consumer Deaths
- Corporate Criminal Liability
- Currency Fraud
- Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of
- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
- Revco Medicaid Scandal
- Carter, Jimmy
- Spitzer, Eliott
- Kepone Scandal
- Federal Gambling Regulation
- Counterfeiting
- Industrial Revolution
- Cigarette Advertising
- Archer Daniels Midland Co.
- Credit Card Fraud
- Corruption
- Debt Restructuring Fraud
- Operation Malicious Mortgage
- Endangered Species Act
- Thalidomide Case
- Clinard, Marshall
- Watergate
- Love Canal Disaster
- Financial Accounting Standards Board
- Credit Card Fraud
- Kepone Scandal
- Computer Hacking
- Arthur Andersen LLP
- Dalkon Shield Case
- Criminal Facilitation
- Fiduciary Fraud
- Political Assassinations
- Ethics Reform Act
- Unnecessary Surgery
- Clinton, William J.
- Yellow-Cake Forgery
- Pesticides
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, U.S.
- Currency Fraud
- Labor Crimes
- Contractor Fraud
- AT&T
- Direct-Mail Fraud
- Critical Theory
- Foreclosure Fraud and Rescue Schemes
- Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S.
- Fair Housing Act
- Cohen, Albert
- Young, Andrew
- Pollution, Air
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Daisy Chains
- Occupational Carcinogens
- Copyright Infringement
- B. F. Goodrich Co.
- Fertility Fraud
- Differential Association Theory
- Insider Trading
- Tailhook Scandal
- False Claims Act
- Coleman, James
- Pollution, Water
- Interstate Commerce Commission, U.S.
- Direct-Mail Fraud
- Ocean Ranger Disaster
- Corporate Criminal Liability
- Banco Ambrosiano
- Food Fraud
- Ethics
- Investment Trust Fraud
- Teapot Dome Scandal
- Federal Trade Commission Act
- Coolidge, Calvin
- Polyvinyl Chlorides
- Minerals Management Service, U.S.
- Disaster Fraud
- Racial Discrimination
- Corporate Dumping
- Bank of America Corp.
- Gambling and Lotteries
- Extortion
- Liar Loans
- United States
- Financial Crime Kingpin Statute
- Cressey, Donald
- Three Mile Island Disaster
- Office of Natural Resources Revenue, U.S.
- Dream Homes Scam
- Sexual Harassment
- Corporate Raiding
- Bank of Credit and Commerce International
- Identity Fraud or Theft
- Fear of Crime
- Loan Origination Schemes
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Crocker, Charles
- Times Beach Contamination
- Organizational Compliance Programs
- False Foreclosures
- Unions
- Direct-Mail Fraud
- Bankers Trust Co.
- Infant Formula
- Forensic Auditing
- Mortgage Fraud
- Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
- Cullen, Francis T.
- Reform and Regulation
- Forgery
- Unsafe Working Conditions
- Economic Espionage
- Barings Bank
- Oraflex Case
- Forgery
- Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Hobbs Act
- DeLay, Tom
- Regulatory Enforcement
- Great Electrical Equipment Conspiracy
- Whistleblowers
- False Foreclosures
- BASF Corp.
- Public Citizen Health Research Group
- Gender Discrimination
- Naked Short Selling
- Insider Trading Sanctions Act
- Domhoff, G. William
- Volcker Plan
- Home-Stake Swindle
- Workplace Deaths
- Foreclosure Fraud and Rescue Schemes
- Beech Aircraft Corp.
- Tampons and Toxic Shock
- Globalization
- Offshore Bank Accounts
- Interstate Commerce Commission Act
- Edelhertz, Herbert
- House Stealing
- Greenmail
- Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp.
- Tobacco Industry
- Hartung-Burgess Debate
- Offshore Entities
- Major Fraud Act
- Edwards, John
- Identity Fraud or Theft
- Hedge Fund Fraud
- Bendix Corp.
- Human Trafficking
- Reverse-Mortgage Fraud
- Meat Inspection Act
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- Insurance Policy Churning
- Hoarding
- Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
- Investigation Techniques
- Savings and Loan Fraud
- Mine Safety and Health Act
- Ford, Gerald R.
- Madoff Ponzi Scheme
- Illegal Competition
- BP PLC
- Justice, U.S. Department of
- Securitization Fraud
- Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act
- Frankel, Martin
- Mail Fraud
- Industrial Espionage
- Bre-X Minerals Ltd.
- Knapp Commission
- Short-Sale Schemes
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Friedrichs, David
- Money Laundering
- Insurance Fraud
- Carl Karcher Enterprises Inc.
- Legal Malpractice
- Stock and Securities Fraud
- Occupational Safety and Health Act
- Geis, Gilbert
- Nonprofit Organization Fraud
- Interlocking Directorates
- Cendant Corp.
- Misappropriation Theory
- Subprime Loans
- Pay It Back Act
- Giuliani, Rudy
- Nigerian 419 Scams
- Internet Fraud
- Centennial Savings and Loan
- Mollen Commission
- Teamsters Pension Fund
- Pure Food and Drug Act
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- Ponzi Schemes
- Kickbacks
- Chem-Bio Corp.
- Money Laundering
- Vatican Bank
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
- Green, Mark
- Stock Churning
- Labor Crimes
- Chevron Oil Co.
- Multinational Corporations
- Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
- Hayward, Tony
- Stock Spamming
- Legacy Lending
- Countrywide Financial Corp.
- National White Collar Crime Center
- Robinson-Patman Act
- Holley, Louis Malcolm
- Sweepstakes Fraud
- Liar Loans
- Crédit Lyonnais
- Negligence
- Sherman Antitrust Act
- Hoover, Herbert
- Telemarketing Fraud
- Mail Fraud
- Daiwa Bank Ltd.
- Oligopoly
- Stark Act
- Hopkins, Mark
- Wire Fraud
- Market Manipulation
- Dow Chemical Co.
- Organized Crime
- Submerged Lands Act
- Hunter, Rielle
- Marketing Fraud
- Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.
- Perjury
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- Huntington, Collis P.
- Mortgage Fraud
- E. F. Hutton & Co.
- Police Brutality
- Troubled Asset Relief Program
- Iguchi, Toshihide
- Mortgage Modification Fraud
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Police Corruption
- Truth in Labeling Act
- Irving, Clifford
- Offshore Entities
- Enron Corp.
- Pornography
- Truth in Lending Act
- Jesilow, Paul
- Outside Directors
- Equity Funding Corporation of America
- Predatory Lending
- Victim and Witness Protection Act
- Jett, Joseph
- Patent Infringement
- Film Recovery Systems Inc.
- Prostitution
- Johnson, Lyndon B.
- Predatory Lending
- Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
- Public Corruption
- Keating, Charles
- Predatory Practices
- Fisher-Price Inc.
- Racial Discrimination
- Keating Five
- Price Discrimination
- Ford Motor Co.
- Racketeering
- Kennedy, John F.
- Price Fixing
- G. D. Searle & Company
- Religious Fraud
- Kerik, Bernard
- Real Estate Investments
- General Dynamics Corp.
- Respondeat Superior
- Kilpatrick, Kwame
- Redlining
- General Electric Co.
- Risk Analysis
- Leeson, Nick
- Revolving Door
- General Motors Co.
- Self-Control Theory
- Levi, Michael
- Robo-Signing
- Georgia Pacific LLC
- Sentencing Guidelines
- Levine, Dennis
- Small Business Fraud
- Global Crossing Ltd.
- State Crime Theory
- Libby, Lewis (Scooter)
- Tariff Crimes
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Sutherland-Tappan Debate
- Madison, James
- Tax Evasion
- Gulf Oil Corp.
- Techniques of Neutralization
- Madoff, Bernard L.
- Trademark Infringement
- Halliburton Co.
- Terrorism
- Maxwell, Robert
- Tying Arrangements
- Health Corporation of America
- Milken, Michael
- Unfair Trade Practices
- ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Morgan, John P.
- Unions
- Imperial Food Products Inc.
- Mozilo, Angelo
- Wire Fraud
- International Business Machines Corp.
- Nader, Ralph
- International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
- Nixon, Richard M.
- Investors Overseas Services Ltd.
- Obama, Barack
- Johns Manville Corp.
- Paterson, David
- Kerr-McGee Corp.
- Picard, Irving
- Kidder, Peabody & Co.
- Picower, Jeffrey
- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
- Pontell, Henry
- Lloyd's of London
- Porteus, Judge G. Thomas
- Lockheed Corp.
- Rangel, Charles
- Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association
- Reagan, Ronald
- Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.
- Rich, Marc
- Metallgesellschaft
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Moody's Corp.
- Ross, Edward
- Morton Thiokol Inc.
- Rove, Karl
- NASDAQ
- Short, James F., Jr.
- National Medical Enterprises Inc.
- Shover, Neal
- NatWest Markets Ltd.
- Silkwood, Karen
- Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Simpson, Sally
- Owens Corning Corp.
- Sinclair, Upton
- Paulson & Co. Inc.
- Small, Gerald P., III
- Procter & Gamble Inc.
- Sorkin, Ira
- Rite Aid Corp.
- Spitzer, Eliot
- Rockwell International
- Stanford, Leland, Sr.
- Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
- Stavisky, Serge
- Standard & Poor's
- Steffens, Lincoln
- Standard Oil Co.
- Stewart, Martha
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
- Stone, Christopher
- Teledyne Industries Inc.
- Sutherland, Edwin H.
- Tyco International
- Truman, Harry S.
- UBS
- Vaughan, Diane
- Unisys Corp.
- Weisburd, David
- United American Bank
- Wheeler, Stanton
- United Fruit Co.
- Wilpon, Fred
- United States Steel Corp.
- Young, Andrew
- Waste Management Inc.
- Wells Fargo Mortgage
- WorldCom Inc.
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