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The Ten Commandments of the economic crime "boss".(Selected Topic)

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The Ten Commandments of the typical fraud "Boss". How the most hardened fraudsters run their "businesses"...

Check fraud, identity theft, and securities fraud. The type of economic crime is unimportant. Today's white-collar mobster wannabes follow a set pattern in their behavior. We call it the Ten Commandments of the typical economic crime "boss". Knowing them can be a powerful weapon for law enforcement officials in their fight against fraud.

First: A Little Background...

The Ten Commandments were developed by a Denver Deputy District Attorney as part of the sentencing presentation of a fellow named Michael Stonehouse.

This charismatic hoodlum moved to Colorado, ostensibly to work in the Denver office of an entity called Equinox, a multi-level marketing enterprise of questionable intentions.

It took little time for Mr. Stonehouse to assemble a gang to steal people's identities and use them to obtain cash loans. His job gave him access to some victims, but what really set him apart was when he got hold of complete credit files stolen from a local auto dealership. He quickly and efficiently turned the stolen credit files into false identities that he and members of his gang used to obtain about $80,000 in loans in a mere six weeks.

It was the pattern of his group's fraudulent activities that provided the substance for Ms. Spencer's compilation of the Ten Commandments.

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