This course shows how undisciplined decisions in business can lead to government investigations and prison terms. We profile three entrepreneurs from three separate industries who built billion-dollar enterprises. Despite well-developed infrastructures, simple business decisions led to their being wrapped into government investigations, criminal indictments, and collateral consequences that accompany felony convictions for white-collar crime related to federal election laws, tax fraud, and securities fraud. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Learning Objectives
After attending this presentation, you will be able to...
- Recognize how white-collar crime investigations begin
- Recall terminology associated with criminal justice proceedings
- Identify the relationship between a criminal charge and a conviction
- Identify how judges determine appropriate sentences for business-related crimes
- Create compliance programs to reduce exposure to allegations of white-collar crime
Major Topics
Major topics covered in this course include:
- How government investigations for white-collar crimes begin
- How investigators and prosecutors build cases against business leaders
- Differences between witnesses, subjects, and targets
- Civil versus criminal allegations and proceedings
- Collateral consequences of a criminal charge
- Understanding the role of defense attorneys
- Differentiate between challenges in business and allegations of wrongdoing
- Influence on financial loss amounts and sentencing
- Lowering risk levels for government investigations or allegations of white-collar crime
