Types of Crimes
Who's someone who steals from pockets?
Pickpocket
The illegal taking of someone’s car, often with the intent to steal it or use it.
Car theft
A crime involving obtaining sensitive information by pretending to be someone else.
Identity theft
This involves a large-scale operation of financial fraud, often using deceitful business practices.
Embezzlement
This Colombian drug lord was responsible for smuggling tons of cocaine into the U.S. in the 1980s.
Pablo Escobar
This crime involves taking someone's property through trickery or false promises.
Fraud
Deliberately setting fire to a building or property for financial or personal gain.
Arson
A fake document used to deceive others for personal gain.
Forgery
This type of financial crime involves using the internet or electronic communications to steal funds or commit fraud.
Cybercrime
This serial killer, known for his charm, confessed to murdering over 30 women.
Ted Bundy
This involves unlawfully entering a building with the intent to commit a crime.
Burglary
The illegal destruction of another’s property, often with malicious intent.
Vandalism
A scheme to defraud or swindle through a false business or financial offer.
Ponzi scheme
Using one’s position of power or influence to manipulate financial transactions for personal gain.
Insider trading
This infamous drug lord from Mexico was the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, and was arrested after being captured twice.
El Chapo
One who takes what isn’t theirs. Not by stealth alone, but by force or threat and leaves others counting what’s missing.
Robber
This crime involves the intentional destruction or defacement of someone else's property, often with malicious intent, and is typically charged as a felony if the damage is significant.
Criminal mischief
A type of scam where a person is tricked into sending money or goods by a fake offer or urgent situation.
Scam
Stealing money from investors by promising high returns and using funds from new investors to pay off earlier ones.
Ponzi scheme
This man was convicted of killing 33 young men and burying them under his house.
John Wayne Gacy
The illegal act of forcing someone into sexual activity without their consent.
Sexual assault
Taking something of value from another person without their consent, but not through direct confrontation.
Larceny
Falsifying evidence or lying in court to manipulate a case outcome.
perjury
A dishonest practice in which one manipulates or falsifies company records for personal financial gain.
Accounting fraud
This "Scarface" gangster led organized crime in Chicago during the Prohibition era.
Al Capone