Many a garden-variety white-collar criminal has done serious time for far less egregious behavior.
Such pump and dumps are one of those white collar crimes where significant jail time is routinely handed out.
That alone is bad news for Barack Obama, at a time when blue collar and union support has fallen significantly enough from 2008 levels to cause a wave of worry.
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More than two dozen people were convicted as part of a probe that made extensive use of wiretaps for the first time in a white-collar investigation.
That week, Mr. Morse was in rehearsals exploring key moments in "Tom Durnin, " in which he plays the title character, a white-collar criminal returning to his family after time in the clink.
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With a full down collar, cold air will have a difficult time getting into the bag.
The book shows that white-collar workers now spend an enormous portion of their time persuading, influencing, and moving others.
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Lawyers are always wondering what to get that client who is about to do some time in Club Fed for a white-collar crime.
Labour may be getting a bit hot under the collar over the UK government's reluctance to devote parliamentary time to a discussion of the Welsh government's revenue-raising abilities but peers have quietly got on with the job.
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It was built in the 1920s as a modest holiday destination for blue-collar workers arriving by train from New York, but by the time of the jet age, the city had fallen into complete disrepair.
White collar criminals have long asked for probation with community service instead of prison time, arguing that they already have suffered enough and community organizations would benefit from their expertise.
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Now, based on my research and experience producing my white-collar crime documentary, Crossing the Line: Ordinary People Committing Extraordinary Crimes the time period between being convicted and sentencing can span over a years time.
With Argo, Affleck has taken a somewhat different approach, leaving the streets of Boston and the criminals and blue collar workers and cop drama all behind him and traveling not only back in time but across the ocean to the events surrounding the Iranian hostage crisis.
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White is an accomplished former prosecutor, and brings with her a serious resume including time as a US Attorney, as well as a decade defending white-collar criminals in private practice.
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If the bail had not been accepted, the ex-CEO faced jail time in New York City's infamous Riker's Island--not nearly a white-collar country-club joint.
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