White Collar Crime Case Study
White Collar Crime: Julian Assange.
Case Study 2.
David Lindsey
CRJ 322 Criminal Mind.
Professor David Prince.
July 22, 2015
Abstract:
White collar crime is said to be a victimless crime, however there is still a lot grey area when comes to the lines in which we see it. From the sociological to the economic impacts of the crimes. Like one case that I will be studying, the case of Julian Assange, who is one of the founders of WikiLeaks. Here is a case that the U.S has brought before court on charges of espionage. In this paper I will be covering the following topics listed below and giving some insight to the case, and the final verdict. Along with some of my opinion as to if the U.S. was right to take this course of action.
1. Looking …show more content…
In this case well no he didn’t do. 2) Next is concealment, this one he did do by compiling mass amounts of paperwork, and case files from not only the U.S. government, but other companies and governments as well. 3) The third is violation of trust, or abuse of power, and trust. This one is a little tricky because of the law that states on the theft, compiling and use of government documents. He had the power to view these documents and the trust from the government to see such thing so when he went out on a limb and published those in a webpage format then he violated this rule, or element. The other thing is that he is NOT a citizen of the U.S. therefore the first amendment right would not apply to him. Because of this; it is an American document, and doctrine. So implies the Espionage act which he falls under and has violated. So the final question in this topic is he a criminal, well yes he is because of the amount of data, and the amount of sensitive information that he and his team has exposed. White collar crime yes because he leaked in cyber form information that could cause harm, and damages to a nation, person, or group. The tricky part is the prosecution of this case because of the international retaliation act, and the whistleblowers law at here in the U.S. both of these can be seen as a a way to allow him to continue processing …show more content…
Well I would have to say that yes on both parts because of the facts that surround the case. He is acting out because he believes that governments are not being transparent enough with their citizens. And that they get away with way to much are not held accountable to their action. However what example if any is to be gained when even he commits a crime in the public eye? White collar crime may be a victimless crime to some point, however there is consequences to this action. How many countries has he alienated by releasing countless amount of documents on their structure and military protocols? There is another aspect here as well, not only is the government affected by this but so is Sony, and a few other multinational companies that where mention in this website. So there is multiple different outcome that could happen here. One if the government was to try and proceed with an indictment then they would have a hard time getting an extradition warrant served because he has immunity at the Ecuadorian embassy. Not to mention the scattered protests from his followers nation, and worldwide. Third the cost and time that it would take to bring him to trail, not to mention the release of even more sensitive documents, which Is a given threat. In a short interview he gave on CNN, he mention a trigger if anything was to happen to him or his company, that there would be
Case Study 2.
David Lindsey
CRJ 322 Criminal Mind.
Professor David Prince.
July 22, 2015
Abstract:
White collar crime is said to be a victimless crime, however there is still a lot grey area when comes to the lines in which we see it. From the sociological to the economic impacts of the crimes. Like one case that I will be studying, the case of Julian Assange, who is one of the founders of WikiLeaks. Here is a case that the U.S has brought before court on charges of espionage. In this paper I will be covering the following topics listed below and giving some insight to the case, and the final verdict. Along with some of my opinion as to if the U.S. was right to take this course of action.
1. Looking …show more content…
In this case well no he didn’t do. 2) Next is concealment, this one he did do by compiling mass amounts of paperwork, and case files from not only the U.S. government, but other companies and governments as well. 3) The third is violation of trust, or abuse of power, and trust. This one is a little tricky because of the law that states on the theft, compiling and use of government documents. He had the power to view these documents and the trust from the government to see such thing so when he went out on a limb and published those in a webpage format then he violated this rule, or element. The other thing is that he is NOT a citizen of the U.S. therefore the first amendment right would not apply to him. Because of this; it is an American document, and doctrine. So implies the Espionage act which he falls under and has violated. So the final question in this topic is he a criminal, well yes he is because of the amount of data, and the amount of sensitive information that he and his team has exposed. White collar crime yes because he leaked in cyber form information that could cause harm, and damages to a nation, person, or group. The tricky part is the prosecution of this case because of the international retaliation act, and the whistleblowers law at here in the U.S. both of these can be seen as a a way to allow him to continue processing …show more content…
Well I would have to say that yes on both parts because of the facts that surround the case. He is acting out because he believes that governments are not being transparent enough with their citizens. And that they get away with way to much are not held accountable to their action. However what example if any is to be gained when even he commits a crime in the public eye? White collar crime may be a victimless crime to some point, however there is consequences to this action. How many countries has he alienated by releasing countless amount of documents on their structure and military protocols? There is another aspect here as well, not only is the government affected by this but so is Sony, and a few other multinational companies that where mention in this website. So there is multiple different outcome that could happen here. One if the government was to try and proceed with an indictment then they would have a hard time getting an extradition warrant served because he has immunity at the Ecuadorian embassy. Not to mention the scattered protests from his followers nation, and worldwide. Third the cost and time that it would take to bring him to trail, not to mention the release of even more sensitive documents, which Is a given threat. In a short interview he gave on CNN, he mention a trigger if anything was to happen to him or his company, that there would be