The language of fraud cases / Roger W. Shuy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shuy, Roger W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fraud--Law and legislation--United States--Criminal provisions.

Fraud.

Fraud--Law and legislation--Language.

Forensic linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a number of criminal law cases, defendants are accused of using language to defraud. The evidence often provides analyzable language that provides clues to the ways that the alleged fraud took place, but in some cases linguistic analysis can show some or all of the accusations to be unjustified. This book describes eight types of fraud cases growing out of the complex laws regulating commercial businesses and individuals in which defendants were accused of fraudulently failing to follow federal requirements relating to carrying out government contracts, resource conservation, corrupt foreign business practice, buying or selling trade secrets, money laundering, securities sales, price-fixing, and insurance contracts.

Contents:

Linguistics and fraud

Government contract fraud

Resource conservation fraud

Corrupt foreign business practices (fraud)

Trade secrets fraud and economic espionage

Money laundering (fraud)

Securities fraud

Art theft fraud

Price fixing (fraud)

The effectiveness of linguistic analysis in fraud cases.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-049361-5

0-19-027066-7

0-19-027065-9