Crime script for mandate fraud

Fraud in health care and organized crime.

James F. Dube, JD  falSe ClaimS to mediCare and mediCaid are nothing new. Billions of dollars are being lost in Medicare and Medicaid programs to waste, fraud and abuse. Fraud has been characterized by the FBI as intentional deception or misrepresentation of facts to gain an illegitimate benefit. Abuse has been defined as unnecessary costs associated with actions and services that are inconsis...

Reducing Computer Fraud Through Situational Crime Prevention

Although computer fraud continues to be a thorn in the side of many organizations, fresh perspectives to addressing this type of crime are rare. This paper advances a preventive approach which reduces those criminal opportunities that permit computer fraud to take place. The construction of crime specific opportunity structures, which enable the relevant parties to conceptualize the fraud envir...

Crime Pete Choi with the Aid of Script Analysis Switzerland

White-collar crime: corporate and securities and commodities fraud.

In this era of increased interest in white-collar crime, forensic psychiatrists are in a key position to study the individual characteristics of offenders. While a comprehensive theory of high-level white-collar crime should consider societal and organizational contributions, there is value in understanding the personal traits that place an individual at high risk for offending. As the impact o...

Diffusion of Fraud: Intermediate Economic Crime and Investor Dynamics*

Criminologists have studied the spread of fraudulent practices and techniques among perpetrators. This article attempts to contribute to the field by looking at the other side of diffusion, examining the spread of fraud among investors in a case of “intermediate fraud.” Intermediate fraud occurs when fraudulent acts are committed in or by a legitimate business. Using comprehensive archival, int...