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Fraud And Fraud

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INTRODUCTION

Fraud is a criminal act which involves deception to gain an unfair advantage more often financially Bolton and Hand (2002:235).In this essay, fraud is discussed in relation to the critical paradigm which Schichor (1980:14) believes is an over-simplification criminal behaviour as it is based on the econo-political factor. Apart from fraud discussion, an analysis of possible fraud acts offenders as well as the limitations of the critical paradigm is included in this essay. Typologies such as electoral fraud seem to related well to the critical paradigm as the rich do define crime and laws protect them at the poor’s expense. However, fraud types such as E-tailing, insurance, wire and accounting fraud are not committed by the poor in rebellion to the laws imposed on them by the rich as the paradigm suggests. Zahra, Priem & Rasheed (2005.p. 804-805) say the managerial administrators commit fraud more than the poor. Perhaps due to the poor’s lack of information and advanced technology in contrast with the rich’s quest to get more wealth.
FRAUD

Bigelow and Melville (1887:419) acknowledge that fraud is showed in such interminable assortment of structure and expression, in such complex and always showing signs of change camouflages which challenges a specific …show more content…

Which perhaps proves the rich’s dominance in eliminating fraud evidence and having the law work in their favour. An example is in Afghanistan during the 2009 elections which resulted in the victory of Hamid Karzai which the United Nations even noted was fraud through ballot rigging Tarvenise & Abdul (2009:n.p). This shows how the rich exert their power and do not only define what is crime in the society but have the final decision without considering the majorities, (poor) vote choice confirming the critical paradigm theory on the rich making suitable laws at the expense of the

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