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The term white-collar crime was coined by Edwin Sutherland in 1949. He describes white-collar crime as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his or her occupation. The definition has broadened to include an illegal act or series of acts committed by nonphysical means and by concealment or guile, to obtain money or property, avoid the payment or loss of money or property, or obtain a business or personal advantage. Much of this type of fraud involves fabricating or altering documents
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(2007). Other Types of Fraud. In: Forensic Document Examination. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-301-1_7
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