Corporate crime

thumb|Giving money illegally or unethically to influence a person's behavior is a form of bribery. Bribery is the corrupt solicitation, payment, or acceptance of a private favor (a bribe) in exchange for official action. The purpose of a bribe is to influence the actions of the recipient, a person in charge of an official duty, to act contrary to their duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity.

American multinational energy corporation

a severe neurological disease caused by mercury poisoning, first discovered in the Japanese city of Minamata.

U.S. federal agency that enforces securities laws and regulates securities markets and major market participants (public companies, brokers, exchanges, and asset managers)

Halliburton Company is an American multinational corporation and the world's second-largest oil service company, responsible for most of the world's fracking operations. The company, incorporated in the United States, has dual headquarters located in Houston and in Dubai.

Indian businessman and former Member of Parliament

financially motivated nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals

industrial accident

FTX Trading Ltd., trading as FTX (Futures Exchange), is a bankrupt company that formerly operated a cryptocurrency exchange and crypto hedge fund. The exchange was founded in 2019 by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang and collapsed in 2022 after massive fraud perpetrated by Bankman-Fried and his partner Caroline Ellison forced the company to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

2001 accounting scandal of American energy company Enron

former holding company

United States federal government agency

deliberate attempt to create artificial, false or misleading appearances with respect to the price of, or market for, a product, security or commodity

Indian conglomerate

since January 6, 2006 subsidiary of Verizon Communications

former bank of Spain

British multinational contract foodservice company

Illegal monopolies by GM and others in the 1940s

Defunct bank founded to commit fraud and other crimes (1972–1991)

Irish-American company

agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector

London banking fraud

Indian businessman

Precarity (also precariousness) is a precarious existence, lacking in predictability, job security, material or psychological welfare. The social class defined by this condition has been termed the precariat.

crimes committed either by a corporation or its representatives

investment scandal discovered in 2008

Type of employment relationship involving non-permanent freelance work with payment based on piece work

Fugitive Indian businessman

non-standard employment poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, and cannot support a household

fraud involving complex methods for misusing or misdirecting funds, overstating revenues, understating expenses, overstating the value of corporate assets, or underreporting the existence of liabilities

FirstEnergy Corp. is an electric utility headquartered in Akron, Ohio. It was established when Ohio Edison merged with Centerior Energy in 1997.

software

accounting scandal involving Wirecard

when an employee resigns as a result of the employer creating an intolerable work environment for that employee

financial scandal in India

American health insurance company

2017-2018 money laundering scandal

Telecommunications company bankruptcy and financial scandal

Professor of law and economics at UMKC

Sony BMG's implementation of copy protection measures

company

scam on the Bombay Stock Exchange

SafeMoon LLC was an American cryptocurrency and blockchain company created in March 2021. The company created the SafeMoon token (SFM) which traded on the BNB Chain blockchain. The token charged a 10% fee on transactions, with 5% redistributed (or reflected) to token holders and 5% directed to wallets in a different currency, Binance Coin (BNB), controlled by the coin's authors. The token reached its all-time high market cap in April 2021 of $17b.

corporate fraud