<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> White - collar crime refers to financially motivated, nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals . Within criminology, it was first defined by sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1939 as "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation". Typical white - collar crimes could include fraud, bribery, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, labor racketeering, embezzlement, cybercrime, copyright infringement, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery . Lawyers can be specialized in white - collar crime . </P> <P> Modern criminology generally rejects a limitation of the term by reference, rather classifies the type of crime and the topic: </P>

What is an example of a white collar crime