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White-Collar Crime (WCC) encompasses corruption, financial frauds, and government crimes. The nature, breadth and complexity of WCC is as diverse as those it impacts: the government, industries, businesses, and individual citizens. WCC has been conservatively estimated to cost the U.S. more than $300 billion annually. The true cost, however, is not always measurable in dollars. Corruption of public officials, elected or appointed, undermines the trust in government, tearing at the very fabric of American society. Ecological crimes, such as the illegal dumping of toxic waste, contaminate our environment, endanger public safety, and often cause irreparable harm. Unchecked, WCC can have a devastating impact on the nation's public welfare and economic well being. Private industry in the United States controls trillions of dollars in assets, which will attract the attention of those that perpetrate criminal frauds. Frauds against businesses range from embezzlements to technological attacks on a corporation's intellectual property. The U.S. government also manages billions of dollars to carry-out public policy. The General Accounting Office estimates that as much as ten percent of funds appropriated for domestic programs is lost to fraud in the procurement and contracting processes. From the overwhelming number and variety of WCCs, the FBI has identified and classified the most egregious crime problems into eleven
national priority crime problem areas:
If you have information about any of these crimes or if you wish to contact the FBI, you may do so by e-mail at fbise@leo.gov or by telephone at (206) 622-0460. You may also write to the FBI at 1110 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101-2904. Information will be kept confidential if you desire. |