Jurisdiction of State Attorneys General Offices over White-Collar Crime, 2014

• NCJ Number: 251144
• Author(s): Suzanne M. Strong, Ph.D., Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Date Published: May 2020
• Publication Type: Publication

Annotation

This report describes the findings of the first Survey of State Attorneys General Offices, which collected information on jurisdiction, sources, and circumstances of white-collar crime cases.

Abstract

This report describes the findings of the first Survey of State Attorneys General Offices, which collected information on jurisdiction, sources, and circumstances of white-collar crime cases. Forty-six attorneys general offices provided information on whether they had jurisdiction over white-collar crime.

Highlights

• In 2014, 42 attorneys general offices reported having jurisdiction over criminal white-collar offenses, and 36 reported having jurisdiction over civil white-collar offenses.
• Thirty-three attorneys general offices reported having jurisdiction over both criminal and civil white-collar offenses in 2014.
• The most common criminal white-collar cases handled by attorneys general offices involved medical fraud (32), false claims and statements (31), or insurance fraud (27).
• The most common civil white-collar cases handled by attorneys general offices involved consumer fraud (29), false claims and statements (26), or medical fraud (26).