White-Collar Crimes

Published on 04th June 2025 Authored By: Jahnavi Raghu PES University Introduction White-collar crime poses a major risk to the economic integrity and social structure of India. Economic benefit through peaceful criminality by individuals or groups is referred to as white-collar crime, which is most often perpetrated through fraud, corruption, securities crime, and cybercrime by […]

Published on 1st June 2025 Authored By: K. Sai Saketh NMIMS Bangalore Introduction By its definition in law, white-collar crime represents economic offenses that lack violence and are committed selfishly by persons functioning in legitimate business. Edwin Sutherland first coined the term in 1939, placing emphasis on belief in the criminality of those with respectable

Published on 1st June 2025 Authored By: K. Gayathri Devi Amity University Rajasthan White-Collar Crimes, often characterized by deceit, concealment, or breach of trust, committed by individuals in positions of power and influence, pose a significant threat to the social and economic fabric of India. Unlike traditional crimes involving violence or physical harm, these offences,

Published on 31st May 2025 Authored By: Paras Shukla Mangalayatan University Jabalpur Introduction The economic sector and governance framework of India faces its biggest challenge through white-collar crimes. Edwin Sutherland first introduced the term white-collar crime as sociologist in 1939 to describe financial crimes performed by business and government officials that currently encompasses this category

Published on 30th May 2025 Authored By: Aman Laxminarayan Goyal Madhusudan Law University Introduction: The Invisible Heist It was January 24, 2022, and while India snoozed, Nirav Modi’s diamond empire was in motion to perpetrate what would later be the biggest banking fraud in Indian history. ₹14,000 crore was gone by morning from Punjab National Bank through