Закон в силе - Law Booster I. Дроботенко Ю.Б - 13 стр.

2. Translate the text into English.                                                1. Match up the words with the Russian equivalents in the box.
      Прокурор (procurator) отказался от обвинения по делу москвички,                    растрата                              подделывание
обвиняемой в убийстве таксиста, который пытался ее изнасиловать.                         преступник                            отмывание денег
Обвинитель (prosecutor) полностью отказался от обвинения и просил                        взятка                                мошенничество
прекратить дело, поскольку, по его мнению, обвиняемая находилась в                       деньги за услугу                      “добыча”
состоянии необходимой обороны.
                                           (Source: http://www.rg.ru/2005)
                                                                                              fraud      embezzlement bribe         moneylaundering
                                                                                              culprit    kickback     prey          counterfeiting
                                    White-collar crimes
                                            White-collar crime is a term that is
                                    usually applied to crimes associated with
                                    business that do not involve violence or       2. Choose all word-combinations with the word “fraud” and translate
                                    bodily injury to another person. In crimi-        them into Russian.
                                    nal law, white-collar crime refers to any
                                    offense committed in a professional or         3. Find the synonyms from B to the verbs from A.
                                    business setting. Typically, antitrust vio-
                                    lations, bankruptcy, bribery, computer               A. to associate, to involve, to violate, to defraud, to vary
and internet fraud, credit card fraud, telemarketing fraud, counterfeit-                 B. to link with, to concern, to break, to deceive, to differ
ing, trade secret theft, embezzlement, environmental law violations, fi-
nancial crime, insider trading, securities fraud, government fraud,                4. Decide what are the most appropriate explanations for the notions
healthcare fraud, identity theft, kickbacks, mail fraud, money launder-               in brackets.
ing, public corruption, securities fraud, tax evasion, insider training,
and insurance fraud fall into this category.                                                   • Securities Fraud              • Insurance Fraud
       Of all of these crimes, identity theft is quickly becoming the most                     • Internet Fraud                • Credit Card Fraud
common. One in 50 consumers will fall prey to identity theft this year alone.                  • Embezzlement                  • Mail Fraud
Many of these victims won't even be aware that they have been targeted until
well after the crime has occurred, making it even harder to find the culprit.
In addition, credit card fraud, too, is an all-too-common occurrence. Accord-             A. illegally confiscating someone else's property
ing to many experts, roughly one in every 20 consumers has had his or her                 B. using the Internet and/or computer to carry out a crime
credit card or credit card number stolen at some point and used to make ille-             C. committing some sort investment banking or stock fraud, such as
gal purchases.                                                                     risky investments, churning, insider information, unauthorized trading, or
       White-collar crimes may be prosecuted in state or federal courts, de-       malpractice
pending upon whether state or federal laws have been violated. The penalties              D. using someone else's credit card to make unauthorized purchases
for committing white-collar crimes vary, but in some cases they may be as                 E. using the mail system to commit a crime
severe as those prescribed for violent crimes.                                            F. making a claim to an insurance company for an accident that never
                                                                                   occurred or a condition that doesn't exist


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