Wall Street Elite Are Above The Law...What Else Is New?

"But that doesn't mean white collar crime itself—which involves a wide range of activities such as health care fraud and the violation of tax, securities, antitrust, federal procurement, and other laws—is on the wane. "The decline in federal white collar crime prosecutions does not necessarily indicate there has been a decline in white collar crime," the researchers are swift to point out. "Rather, it may reflect shifting enforcement policies by each of the administrations and the various agencies, the changing availabilities of essential staff and congressionally mandated alterations in the laws.""