White-collar crime has been on the rise in the recent times. The primary factor that leads to the menace is the technological advancement that merely betters the vice. There are several new applications that effectively create the platform to gain access to information and materials that make it easy to breach the privacy of individuals (Thio, Taylor, & Schwartz, 2012). The case 4 South Floridians sentenced in $4.7M check cashing and identity theft scheme involving Kwik Stop features four Floridians who have been sentenced for their roles in the scheme to swindle the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (Lincoff, 2015). The key crime committed here is identity theft that has been followed by obtaining money under false…show more content… All that is required is the identification documents of the individuals with the cash then attempts are made to infiltrate the personal records with the banking institutions purporting to be the account holders (Simpson, 2013). This is a crime because the final turn of events has resulted into the issuance of illicit checks, and up to $4.7 million stolen (Lincoff, 2015). There have also been fraudulent checks issued. The mere cashing in on the returns is reason enough to suffice making it a crime. Some of the funds were to be payable to the veterans’ scheme.
The state is the victim given the losses that were made from cashing in on the funds meant to be paid to tax refunds, veterans’ benefits and disability payments. The victimization comes in the form of being obliged to make double payments when the real people entitled to the stolen funds come calling. The cultural theory that looks to have the perpetrators maintain a given social class is the primary reason that has led to this crime being committed (Thio et al., 2012). Some of the swindled individuals in the scheme required the funds for college financial aid, shelter and disability…show more content… In the cultural theory, white collar crime is furthered so that there is the possibility that the perpetrators would amass the resources crucial in keeping up with their normal trends of life without any due stop gaps that is likely to come into the fold when the finances at their disposal run out (Lincoff, 2015).
White-collar crime tends to be a deviation from the normal practices of crime. There is the general expectation that criminal activities would often be accompanied by violence. The same is not the case with the former crime in light of the astute organization and the technological advancement that is featured (Potter, 2010). The sense of organization that comes with the events that transpire when the white-collar crimes are committed tend to be well orchestrated that they are barely noticed.
Only detailed investigations would be sufficient in the establishment of pertinent evidence likely to point out the same (Lincoff, 2015). The other aspect that makes the white-collar crimes a deviation from the norm would be the resources that are swindled or stolen. The plans lead to enormous losses in very short spans of
