Designed to give students a better understanding of RICO, labor and benefit fund fraud, public corruption, money laundering, corporate crime, the False Claim Act, fraud upon financial institutions, and tax fraud-all criminal actions pursued by the federal government. The material also addresses the civil ramifications of white collar crime pursued by federal and state governments or private citizens, including revocation of professional licenses and credentials, exclusion and debarment from federal programs, and loss of a federal charter or insurance for financial institutions.