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Buffalo Creek Disaster
In late February 1972, a coal waste impoundment dam along Buffalo Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, collapsed. The resulting flood killed 125 people and caused over $50 million in damage. The disaster at Buffalo Creek remains one of America's most ...
- 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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