...Thomas Dearden; Jill O. Jasperson; Ronald Mellado Miller Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between religiosity, belief in a just world (BJW), trust and affinity fraud. Design/methodology/approach Using an online panel vendor, this study collected survey data from 1,030...

... social status (i.e. affinity) with criminological theory. Thomas E. Dearden can be contacted at: tdearden@vt.edu © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Institutional anomie theory Affinity fraud Victimization Financial crime White...

..., and travel on yachts and private jets. Ha has truly earned his reputation for being the most despised person to in America today (New York v Madoff, sentencing transcript” 2009, p. 20). Affinity fraud can be interpreted as an “hate crime” (Fairfax, 2003), and one can speculate as to whether...

... This is the first research to analyze national participant-level data from a pyramid scheme to inform future action. While it confirms some past findings, such as the connection to affinity fraud, it adds to collective knowledge on pyramid schemes and the differences between pyramid and Ponzi fraud. A fraudulent...

...Frank S. Perri; Richard G. Brody Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how a financial fraud practice, known as affinity fraud, relies on building trust with victims based on shared affiliations or characteristics such as age, race, religion, ethnicity or professional designations...

...Frank S. Perri; Richard G. Brody Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how a financial fraud practice, known as affinity fraud, relies on building trust with victims based on shared affiliations or characteristics such as age, race, religion, ethnicity or professional designations...