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# What is White Collar Crime?

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### **What is white collar crime?**

Typically, white collar crime is any crime that's not a violent crime, that's not a crime against a person's body, such as battery or stabbing someone.

 

Generally, it refers to crimes that involve, for example, theft, misappropriation of property, wire fraud, bank fraud, embezzelment, money laundering, and those types of offenses.

 

**If you or someone you know has been charged with white collar crime in Wisconsin, it’s important to secure an experienced criminal defense attorney in Madison, Wisconsin to defend your case. ****[Contact Attorney Patrick Stangl](https://www.stangllaw.com/contact)**** ****today for a [free consultation](https://www.stangllaw.com/free-fraud-defense-consultation-in-madison).**

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