White Collar Crimes There Are Two Major Essay

White Collar Crimes

There are two major categories of crime majorly grouped into 'blue collar' and 'White Collar' crimes. The blue collar usually involves violence and of interest here is the 'white collar' which is usually found among the well educated and informed people in the society. The white collar crimes are mainly committed by the upper educated class through the pen and paper, do not involve a lot of violence and may not necessarily involve crimes against humanity. But the blue collar crimes are predominantly violent crimes that may involve serious injuries or even death. They do not require much educational intelligence to commit and are common among the poorer population of the society (Gonzales J.D., 2011).

One such case that has of late attracted the attention of the media with its beginning being in 2009 and the conclusion being this month is the case of Rod Blagojevich, who now faces up to 20 years in prison after the jury found him guilty of 17 counts.He was accused of various corruption charges and malicious deals while he was a governor, and these are categorized under white collar crimes. One of the most outrageous and much spoken about is the intention to sell the senate seat that was left vacant by Obama upon his ascent to presidency.

The Illinois state law indicates that the Governor is charged with naming of a senator when the seat falls vacant as was in Obama's case in 2008. Rod Blagojevich, commonly known as Blago, wanted to take advantage of this power to exploit people through selling it to the highest bidder or take it up. It was after a tip off that the federal agents began their work on trailing the truth about the matter. They set several wiretaps and recorded hours upon hours of Blago hawking the seat and saying the deals he wanted for the seat (Guardian, 2011).

In the course of the investigations, the agents also stumbled upon other cases of Blago swapping.....