The Art Show crowd on opening night. Photo credit: Scott Rudd Productions
ADAA’s The Art Show opened last night (October 30) in the Park Avenue Armory, with the usual benefit gala to support Henry Street Settlement, one of the nation’s oldest social services organizations. The 36th edition of one of the oldest fairs in the city has work brought by seventy-five ADAA member galleries, many of which are presenting highly curated solo booths that put very focused spotlights on each artist’s practice and narrative. This curatorial attention, coupled with the already present elegance of the well-dimensioned interiors of the Armory and the high-profile crowd, gave the fair a boutique feel.
Despite this, sales and negotiations unfolded slowly in the early hours, reflecting a current trend: collectors are increasingly contemplative and deliberate, requiring extended conversations and negotiations before finalizing deals even as prices at most booths seemed more reasonable than in previous editions. The abundant selection of hors d’oeuvres and drinks may not have helped, as much of the crowd’s attention gravitated towards refreshments, diverting the focus away from art purchases.
Newly appointed ADAA executive director Kinsey Robb, however, expressed satisfaction with the first night’s turnout, telling Observer that the benefit preview exceeded his expectations. “There was a stellar turnout and palpable excitement in the air for our exhibitors’ presentations, many of whom debuted new works and artists for the first time,” he said. “It was a joy to come together as a community, share in one another’s work and celebrate our longstanding partnership with Henry Street, for whom we raised over $1 million last night.”
Of the seventy-five ADAA member galleries featured at the fair, forty-three presented solo exhibitions. Photo credit: Scott Rudd Productions
At the entrance, Pace Gallery mounted a solo booth featuring unique monotypes by in-demand artist Chase Hall, with prices set between $50,000 and $55,000. Just ahead, Kasmin presented a series of rarely exhibited works by influential American photographer Tina Barney, all focused on the theme of family.
One booth of particular note was that of Luxembourg + Co., with theatrical assemblages by Japanese artist Katsumi Nakai. Nakai, who relocated to Italy in the 1960s, became deeply immersed in the Italian art scene, working with the historic Galleria Il Naviglio in Milan. His practice, rich with influences from Lucio Fontana’s Teatrini and the shaped, altered canvases of Enrico Castellani and Agostino Bonalumi, also retains a link to Japanese origami traditions. These pieces literally unfold in the booth, shifting from monochromatic designs to vibrant, multicolored structures that evoke playful, almost biological forms. Priced between $14,000 and $50,000, Nakai’s work is part of an ongoing rediscovery effort following his showcase at Frieze Masters in London and a solo exhibition in London last year. This effort coincides with a newly opened show at Luxembourg + Co.’s New York location, featuring Nakai’s work in dialogue with that of Isamu Noguchi.
Thomas Sills and Jeanne Reynal presented by Eric Firestone. Courtesy of Eric Firestone
Down the left aisle, Eric Firestone Gallery presents a captivating dialogue between Thomas Sills and Jeanne Reynal, two artists who were life partners and deeply influenced one another’s intricate, compelling art. Their works reflect a shared inspiration from their travels, particularly in the Mediterranean and South America. Reynal, trained in Paris as a mosaicist, developed an innovative abstract approach to this traditional medium upon her return to the U.S., cutting and intuitively assembling tesserae mixed with Venetian glass, semi-precious stones and shell fragments. The result is sculptural columns that evoke ancient Greek archeological ruins but at the same time appear extremely organic, like underwater corals or limestone formations, while her works on canvas take a more informal approach to the material, with a magmatic quality that recalls the experimental textures of Jean Fautrier and Jean Dubuffet. Meanwhile, Sills (1914-2000), a self-taught Black artist from the South, began painting in his 30s, inspired by Reynal’s work and encouraged by Willem de Kooning. Known for his mastery of color, Sills applied paint with cloths and rags, creating a distinctive softness and an inner luminosity in his pieces. Reynal’s works in this presentation are offered in the $150,000-$200,000 range.
Speaking of light emanating from canvas, Tibor De Nagy is showcasing Icelandic landscapes by Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson that pulse with vibrant colors and gradients, capturing the unique natural forces and atmospheric frequencies of her homeland. These works are priced between $15,000 and $18,000.
Nearby, Michael Rosenfeld showcases a solo presentation of Charles White’s evocative chronicles of African American lives. Next door, Peter Freeman’s booth immediately captures fairgoers’ attention with an installation featuring dollars suspended from the ceiling. This piece, part of “Just as money is paper, so is a gallery a room” by Croatian neoconceptual artist Mladen Stilinović, critically explores the role of money and labor in society, informed by his experience under a communist regime. Stilinović, a leading figure in Yugoslavia’s New Art Practice and a member of Zagreb’s Group of Six Artists, focused his work on a direct critique of societal values surrounding money and work.
Mladen Stilinović, “Just as money is paper, so is a gallery a room,” Peter Freeman, Inc., Booth D13. Courtesy Peter Freeman, Inc., New York / Paris. Photography by Nicholas Knight.
At Peg Alston’s booth, standout pieces by Sam Gilliam and Frank Bowling, including a Bowling work inspired by Cézanne and priced at $200,000, drew notable attention. Louis Armstrong’s music played in the background, creating an ambiance reminiscent of the era in which many of these works were conceived.
Toward the back, Lehmann Maupin presented intricate collages by Malawian artist Billie Zangewa, hand-stitched from raw silk fragments. Her works, exploring themes of motherhood and life in Johannesburg, are on display at SITE SANTA FE through February and will later travel to the Frost Museum. Pieces at The Art Show were priced between $18,000 and $20,000.
Nearby, James Fuentes highlighted the lyrical abstraction of Japanese artist Kikuo Saito alongside two lyrical paintings by Trinidad-born polymath Geoffrey Holder, whose estate the gallery represents. Holder’s Woman in Orange, sold on the first night for $150,000. Following a summer show at Victoria Miro with his brother, Boscoe Holder, Geoffrey Holder’s diverse body of work has attracted renewed interest, especially since Fuentes hosted his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at the beginning of the year.
Geoffrey Holder, Portrait of Carmen, 1960; Oil on masonite, 68 1/2 x 41 1/8 inches. Courtesy of the estate and James Fuentes.
Among the fair’s notable discoveries this year are the darkly surreal work of self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker (1921-1993), originally from Kentucky and based in Saint Louis. Recently discovered and presented for the first time by Andrew Edlin Gallery, Walker’s art nearly sold out in the early hours, with pieces priced between $10,000 and $40,000. His deeply dystopian works from the late 1960s to early 1970s depict elongated, masked figures and disjointed human forms, intertwining and hovering in ambiguous relationships in desolate, dark-toned landscapes.
For those interested in emerging talents, a visit to the booth of Houston-based Josh Pazda Hiram Butler Gallery is worthwhile. Here, one finds the intricate, multilayered abstract paintings of Ana Villagomez, who recently enjoyed a sold-out show at Nino Mier Gallery in New York. All works are uniform in size and priced at $18,000, reflecting her growing appeal among collectors.
Ana Villagomez, “The Lightning is the Mother’s Song,” presented by Josh Pazda Hiram Butler. Photo: Scott Rudd
Josh Pazda Hiram Butler is not the only Houston gallery represented this year: ADAA has launched an exciting new initiative, “Spotlight On…,” designed to showcase the art scenes of cities beyond major art hubs. The inaugural edition celebrates the vibrancy of Houston’s fine art community, featuring presentations by Houston-based ADAA members with panels and institutional engagement.
Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino is presenting a solo exhibition by artist Reynier Leyva Novo with works from his ongoing series, Mnemosyne’s Whisper. This series debuted earlier this year in Novo’s solo exhibition “Former Present Today” at the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston. Novo’s body of work explores historical memory, questioning how it is shaped and manipulated through monuments and other symbolic representations. The booth has acrylic paintings and canvas drawings that reflect on the removal of Confederate monuments in the U.S. following the murder of George Floyd in 2020. One side of the exhibit features an abstract blue block created by amplifying a single pixel of the sky that once framed these monuments, effectively erasing their image. The contrasting side showcases a drawing that uses infrared light to reveal traces beneath the erased documentation of the historical moment.
Cuban artist Reynier Leyva Novo presenting his work with Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino. Photo credit: Scott Rudd Productions
ADAA’s The Art Show continues at Armory Park Avenue through Saturday, November 2.
Attorneys for former Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry filed a flurry of motions this week seeking, among other things, to disqualify the attorney prosecuting him for allegedly lying to FBI agents investigating foreign campaign contributions.
It’s the second time they’ve asked a judge to remove Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Mack Jenkins, who first prosecuted Fortenberry in California in 2022 on the same allegations.
The judge there denied the motion.
And a jury in Los Angeles found him guilty of one count of concealing conduit campaign contributions and two counts of lying to federal agents during an investigation into $30,000 Fortenberry had gotten from a controversial Nigerian billionaire, Gilbert Chagoury, at a fundraiser in L.A. in 2016.
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Fortenberry ultimately donated the money to charity after he learned about it because it is illegal for U.S. elected officials to accept foreign money. But the FBI says he lied in interviews about the money.
Fortenberry resigned from the House of Representatives a week after his conviction. And he later appealed.
On Dec. 26, 2023, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel reversed the conviction, saying Fortenberry should have been tried in Nebraska or Washington D.C., where he had made the statements at issue, not in California where the fundraiser took place.
Four days after the mandate was issued, the five-year statute of limitations ran out to bring charges against him in Nebraska over the statements he made at his home March 23, 2019.
But on May 8, a grand jury in Washington indicted him on two charges — falsifying and concealing material facts and making false statements — for statements Fortenberry made while still in office during an interview July 18, 2019, at his counsel’s office in Washington.
Court filings in the case Tuesday showed the back-and-forth that followed the decision to retry him, this time in Washington.
In an email exchange that followed, the government offered Fortenberry a plea agreement. Plead to falsifying and concealing material facts. In exchange, the government would ask for time served, plus a reinstatement of the previous $25,000 fine and any community service he hadn’t already completed.
Tobin Romero, Fortenberry’s attorney, responded the same day with Fortenberry’s counteroffer — that the government drop the case — which was rejected.
By Aug. 7, Romero had emailed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves directly asking him to reconsider.
Two days later, Graves declined, saying he was familiar with the matter, the plea offer and counteroffer.
“I support the team’s assessment and decision to continue the prosecution,” he wrote.
Jeff Fortenberry
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In motions Tuesday, Romero asked a judge to dismiss the indictment and asked for oral arguments on his request to obtain discovery as to whether Fortenberry’s case amounted to “selective prosecution” or “selective enforcement.”
He’ll face a high burden in proving it, but pointed to a 1999 case where an African American defendant charged with cocaine distribution met the standard by showing state prosecutions, but not a single federal prosecution, of a white person in the entire year across four counties of Massachusetts.
“Although courts appropriately pay deference to prosecutorial discretion in the vast majority of cases, the decision to re-indict and retry this case is the kind of unprecedented prosecutorial decision that warrants discovery into government decision-making,” he wrote.
Romero said the defense team wasn’t able to find any cases in the past 10 years in which the federal government, following reversal by a Court of Appeals, retried a defendant who had received probation and had served most of it.
He accused the government not only of disparate treatment, but also of “political bias” against Fortenberry, a Republican and supporter of Donald Trump, pointing to Jenkins’ financial contribution to “Stop Republicans,” a group dedicated to resisting Trump and the Republican Party.
“Separation of powers principles ordinarily require courts to defer to the executive branch’s prosecutorial decisions, but the Constitution importantly provides for some limited checks by the judiciary,” Romero wrote in the motion.
He said he had urged the government not to retry Fortenberry. Even if a retrial were to result in a conviction, he likely would be sentenced to serve no more than the remaining six months of his prior probationary sentence, the attorney said.
Romero also pointed to Fortenberry’s first trial, saying the government focused extensively on its July 18, 2019, interview of Fortenberry where Jenkins questioned him for more than two hours, making him a witness in the case.
“This is unavoidable — the July 18 interview is central to the case, as was SAUSA Jenkins’ role in it,” he wrote.
The government hasn’t yet responded to the motions.
Photos: Jeff Fortenberry through the years
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1st District Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks with more than 200 constituents during a town hall meeting at Southeast Community College on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. The nation’s debt was the most popular topic of the evening. (BRYNN ANDERSON / Lincoln Journal Star)
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Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks during a Memorial Day event honoring military veterans in 2012 at Antelope Park.
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First District candidate for Congress Jeff Fortenberry (right) speaks to members of the media during a news conference in 2004 at the Fremont Municipal Airport. Supporting at the press conference were Congressmen Tom Osborne and Bob Goodlatte of Virginia.
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ASHLAND, NE – 08/16/2012 – Sen. Ben Nelson humors Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (second from left) as he opens his remarks during the 2012 Legislative Summit at the Strategic Air & Space Museum. Congressional report speakers were (L-R) Congressman Adrian Smith, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, Congressman Lee Terry, Sen. Mike Johanns, and Sen. Ben Nelson. ROBERT BECKER/Lincoln Journal Star 8/17/2012 2A Sen. Ben Nelson humors Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (second from left) as he opens his remarks during the 2012 Legislative Summit at the Strategic Air & Space Museum on Thursday. Congressional report speakers were (from left) Rep. Adrian Smith, Fortenberry, Rep. Lee Terry, Sen. Mike Johanns and Nelson. ROBERT BECKER/LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
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Republicans Gov. Mike Johanns (left) and Sen. Chuck Hagel join Jeff Fortenberry at the Cornhusker Hotel Tuesday night. Fortenberry thanked them for lending their “good names,” to his campaign.
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Czech ambassador
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry walks into the Kolac Korner in Prague on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2013, for a reception to welcome Petr Gandalovic, the Czech ambassador to the United States.
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Ben Sasse
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (from left), Republican Senate nominee Ben Sasse and Gov. Dave Heineman share a laugh at Sasse’s Election Night party following the 2014 primary.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
Memorial Day
U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-1st Dist., speaks at a Memorial Day service at Wyuka Cemetery.
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Fortenberry in France
Jeff Fortenberry (right) with veteran Bill Elwood of Red Oak, Iowa. Fortenberry is a member of the congressional delegation that joined President Barack Obama and other world leaders in paying tribute to the U.S. and allied forces who fought and died in Normandy on D-Day 70 years ago.
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Pilger tornado damage
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (left) and Gov. Dave Heineman tour damage in downtown Pilger with Fire Chief Kory Koehlmoos after the tornadoes.
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Prange Funeral
LINCOLN, NEB – 08/08/2014 – Widow Liz Prange receives a hug from Congressman Jeff Fortenberry following the funeral service for her husband, United States Army Staff Sergeant Benjamin G. Prange, on Friday outside Southwood Lutheran Church.
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Jeff Fortenberry, Columbus
Military historian Timothy Kilvert-Jones (left), U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (center) and Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce President K.C. Belitz visit the Andrew Jackson Higgins Memorial, which includes a full-size replica of Higgins’ landing craft, on Tuesday in Columbus.
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Jeff Fortenberry
U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (left) speaks to Pete Ricketts’ supporters as his wife, Celeste, looks on prior to Ricketts’ appearance on Tuesday at The Cornhusker Marriott in Lincoln. Fortenberry told the crowd to enjoy the GOP’s wins. Winning is wonderful, he said. “But it’s not enough. We have to govern.”
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Former President George W. Bush, along with former first lady Laura Bush, met this week in Washington with the family of a Nebraska soldier whom the president had decorated with a Purple Heart weeks before the soldier died of wounds suffered in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan. The meeting was arranged by Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (far right). Capt. Robert Yllescas’ two daughters, Julia Faye (right) and Eva Grace, were joined by their mother, Dena, who has remarried, and her husband, John Johnston, along with their 21-month-old son, Carsten.
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Jeff Fortenberry at military recruitment center
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (right) talks with U.S. Army Capt. Jonathan D. Murrell (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Anthony E. Fey on Friday during a visit to the military recruitment center on North 27th Street.
FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star
Offutt Air Force Base Task Force
Congressmen Adrian Smith (from left), Brad Ashford and Jeff Fortenberry joined Gov. Pete Ricketts to answer questions about a task force formed to push for runway repairs at Offutt Air Force Base.
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Election 2016: Republican Party
LINCOLN, NEB – 11/08/2016 Congressman Jeff Fortenberry smiles for a picture with supporters Sydney Langness (from left), Joyce Hasselbalch, Karen Lay, Myre Meints and Donna McClain, all of Lincoln, during the Lancaster Republican Party’s election night event on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, at Chez Hay Reception Hall. MATT RYERSON, Journal Star
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Yazidi Cultural Center
Laila Khoudeida, board member and secretary for the global Yazidi group Yazda, speaks with Congressman Jeff Fortenberry during a tour of the newly opened Yazidi Cultural Center on Friday.
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Lincoln Police Officer Christopher Milisits keeps an eye on the crowd as Rep. Jeff Fortenberry answers questions during a town hall meeting with constituents at Lincoln Southwest High School.
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Fortenberry Meets with Malawi’s Ambassador
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) on Monday (April 24) issued the following statement after meeting Malawi’s Ambassador to the United States: “Congratulations to Norfolk and their sister city Blantyre, Malawi. I was honored to welcome the Malawi Ambassador, His Excellency Edward Yakobe Sawerengera, and the Mayor of Blantyre, the Honorable Wild Ndipo, to my office. We had a good discussion about education, agriculture, and conservation practices.” Fortenberry serves on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations.
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Fortenberry Town Hall
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks as police monitor the crowd at Schoo Middle School.
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Fortenberry Town Hall
LINCOLN, NEB – 07/31/2017 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks at a town hall meeting on Monday, July 31, 2017 at Lux Middle School. AMBER BAESLER, Journal Star
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Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (left) takes a question during a town hall meeting amid hundreds of constituents on Monday, March 13, 2017, at Lincoln Southwest High School.
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James Terry
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (left) and James Terry chat during Fortenberry’s visit to the SCC Entrepreneurship Center in June 2017
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Fortenberry town Hall
Lincoln, NE – 7/27/2018 – Rep. Jeff Fortenberry listens to a question at a town hall meeting on Friday, July 27, 2018, at Schoo Middle School. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Jeff Fortenberry campaign sign vandalism
A large Jeff Fortenberry sign was defaced in October with big googly eyes and a misspelling of the incumbent candidate’s name.
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Election 2018 Nebraska Republicans
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb.,, second right, shakes the hand of a supporter during a Nebraska Republican Party Get Out The Vote rally tour stop in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Senator Deb Fischer wins re-election
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry hugs one of his daughters while speaking at an election party in Lincoln Tuesday.
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The 2019 Inaugural Ball at Pinnacle Bank Arena
U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry and his wife Celeste are presented during the “Grand March” on Saturday Jan. 12th, 2019, for the 2019 Inaugural Ball at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
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1st District Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks at a town hall meeting in August 2019 at Lincoln North Star High School. Fortenberry, a Republican, had $1.9 million in campaign cash on hand in April to face Democratic challenger Kate Bolz.
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Legislative Summit Nebraska
Nebraska’s elected lawmakers, from left: Reps. Don Bacon, Adrian Smith, and Jeff Fortenberry and Sens. Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse sit on stage during a legislative summit sponsored by the Omaha and Lincoln Chambers of Commerce, at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland Thursday.
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CHIEF STANDING BEAR
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (from left), Rep. Jeff Fortenberry and Sen. Deb Fischer listen to remarks during an unveiling ceremony of a statue of Ponca Chief Standing Bear in Statuary Hall in September.
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Jeff Fortenberry (third from left) watches as President Trump signs The Great American Outdoors Act on Tuesday.
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Jeff Fortenberry and Pete Ricketts
Gov. Pete Ricketts (right) defended Rep. Jeff Fortenberry on Monday, describing him as “a man of high integrity.” The two Republicans are shown here at a meeting in September 2020 with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who visited Great Plains Beef in Lincoln.
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Lincoln South Beltway event
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks at an event to celebrate the progress made on construction of the Lincoln South Beltway on Oct. 8.
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Trump rally
U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry listens as President Donald Trump speaks at Eppley Airfield in Omaha on Tuesday. President Trump spoke as part of a Make America Great Again! campaign rally.
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GOP Election Party, 11.3
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry introduces his wife Celeste during the Lancaster County Republican election watch party on Tuesday at the Embassy Suites.
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GOP Election Party, 11.3
LINCOLN, NEB. – 11/03/2020 – Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks during Lancaster County Republican election watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at Embassy Suites. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Walk for Life 1.16
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks to anti-abortion advocates near the north steps of the state Capitol during the Walk for Life in January.
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Republicans Election Day, 5.4
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks during the Republican watch party on May 4.
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Fortenberry Kadhimi
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry meets with with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.
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Jeff Fortenberry at Mexico border
Jeff Fortenberry tweeted this photo and said help is needed at the border, where he met with the sheriff near the Texas town of Uvalde.
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Watch now: Fortenberry overlooks the Rio Grande near the border
Federal Legislative Summit
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (left) and Sen. Deb Fischer converse at the Federal Legislative Summit on Aug. 12 at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum.
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Federal Legislative Summit
Rep. Adrian Smith (left) and Sen. Deb Fischer (right) listen as Rep. Jeff Fortenberry speaks at the Federal Legislative Summit on Thursday at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum.
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Fortenberry, 10.5
U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (right) talks to Tom Henning, Chairman, President and CEO at Assurity Life, during a Lincoln Chamber of Commerce lunch on Tuesday. Fortenberry talked to business leaders about the important issues facing Nebraskans at the federal level and the impact in Lincoln.
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Fortenberry, 10.5
U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry laughs at a comment from one of his fellow diners during a Lincoln Chamber of Commerce lunch on Tuesday. He spoke about the important issues facing Nebraskans at the federal level and how those issues impact businesses in Lincoln.
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Fortenberry, 10.5
U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry talks to diners during a Lincoln Chamber of Commerce lunch to discuss the important issues facing Nebraskans at the federal level on Oct. 5 at the Country Club of Lincoln.
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Fortenberry, 10.5
U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry speaks during a Lincoln Chamber of Commerce lunch Tuesday at the Country Club of Lincoln. He talked to business leaders about the important issues facing Nebraskans at the federal level and the impact in Lincoln.
TT writer, editor and stand-up comedian Lisa Allen-Agostini is in Iowa City from September 2-November 17 as a writer-in-residence in the International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa. This is the first of three dispatches from her trip.
THE first friend I made in Iowa City (IC) is an African-American policeman. He’s one of the people who have become part of my life since I touched down in the American Midwest on September 2. I am here as a Fall Fellow of the International Writing Program (IWP), a longstanding soft-diplomacy project of the University of Iowa and the US State Department.
I was nominated for the IWP by the US Embassy in TT, and my visit is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the State Department.
University of Iowa Police Officer Alton Poole in his office, Old Capitol Town Center, on September 24. The framed 1991 newspaper clipping behind him from The Daily Iowan is headlined: “Gunman kills 4; injures 2.” –
Annually, the IWP brings published authors to this college town on the American plains to be writers-in-residence for roughly three months. Trinis Earl Lovelace and the late Sam Selvon, Wayne Brown and Michael Anthony were here. So were Jamaicans Barbara Gloudon, Lorna Goodison, Kwame Dawes and Kei Miller; Barbadian Cherie Jones; and Grenadian Oonya Kempadoo, among a handful of other Caribbean writers. I’m in big shoes.
My cohort of 32 fellows includes writers from Indonesia, Thailand, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Mauritius, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand, Ukraine, Germany, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Armenia, Argentina, El Salvador, Brazil, Malawi, Botswana, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Morocco.
We meet up for some events, like the weekly panel discussion at the Iowa City Public Library (ICPL), in which fellows talk turkey about the writing life. We’re encouraged to attend cultural events and visit tourist attractions in and around this striving college town, but it’s not mandatory. We fellows are largely left to our own devices; mine have taken me to interesting places.
The Old Capitol Town Center is less than a block away from my home-away-from-home, the Graduate Hotel, in the heart of downtown IC. While shopping for some essentials that I hadn’t flown with, I asked Michelle, a CVS worker at Old Capitol, where I could easily donate some of my IWP stipend towards the city’s homeless.
“Oh, you need to meet Alton, he’s the perfect guy for this,” she said, waving over a red man. With funky glasses and a man-bun, he was wearing a hot pink plaid shirt and tight jeans. He walked me over to his office in what I eventually understood to be a police station. Alton is also known as University of Iowa Police Officer Poole.
We bonded while he tried to connect me with Shelter House, a non-profit providing housing and services to unhoused people. He ended up driving me over there to donate and sign up to volunteer. We talked about active shooters, cop culture, mental illness, attitudes towards the homeless, and racism in the US.
Iowa Man: A passerby outside the Graduate Hotel models his edgy University of Iowa kit after the Troy Trojans vs UI Hawkeyes football game, on September 14. – Photos by Lisa Allen-Agostini
(IC’s Mayor Bruce Teague is African-American but IC’s stridently liberal population is largely white. Particularly in this US presidential election season—in which a candidate intimated that black immigrants eat dogs – I was braced for overt racism.)
The IWP common room at the Graduate Hotel overlooks the Ped Mall, a four-block pedestrian shopping and entertainment area. Both the Ped Mall and shopping mall are magnets for the many unhoused people who walk IC’s streets with their worlds in their backpacks. A growing crisis in IC, the unhoused population has ballooned in recent years. It’s intertwined with a mental illness crisis as well as economic push factors, like high housing costs and joblessness.
As fall begins and searing summer temperatures drop to the low teens, Shelter House and other organisations are preparing for the coming coldest months. In January gone, an encampment close to the Iowa River went up in flames. Camps have been torn down by civilians who’ve tossed away as trash people’s essential documents, medications and treasured personal possessions.
Phodiso Modirwa, a poet and non-fiction writer from Botswana, at the Iowa City Public Library, on September 13. –
I haven’t yet begun my volunteer work but I’ve met some street characters. One’s Andrew, who rolls a five-foot tower speaker around and does his own YouTube karaoke with his phone and a mic for anybody who’ll listen and plenty who don’t. I sang Michael Jackson with him one Saturday, before he gave the mic to some university youths who flawlessly rapped along to the hip-hop he favours.
From the balcony outside the IWP common room I can see the ICPL. I love libraries and librarians, and I wasted no time in volunteering to give a talk on editing to the Teen Library’s publications committee. I borrow books and framed artwork from the ICPL collections, but I also went there one day for a workshop on “Failure Machines” led by Singapore fellow Daryl Li. While on a break, I spotted Andrew through the window and ran outside to hail him out. I hope he stays warm as fall begins.
I was still on the break when James, a middle-aged white guy I’d never met, said to me quite out of the blue, “I’m not a bike thief.” He began to tell me about the vintage Bridgestone Kabuki SuperLight bicycle locked in the nearby bike stand, at my request pointing out minute details of the Japanese-made American-branded frame. It was surreal, made even more so when he told me his last name was Allen. We could be distant cousins, maybe. We certainly found kinship in our mutual weirdness and intense special interests. My greatest special interest is in writing, but I will follow any rabbit down a hole when I get the urge to do so, and I often do.
Portuguese novelist and non-fiction author Catarina Gomes discusses her book Coisas de Loucos [The Stuff of Madness] with the students of the International Literature Today course at the University of Iowa, on September 30, while grad student Miharu Yano assists. –
In IC, I’ve been researching the Ancient Greek nymph/ goddess Calypso, and I’ve found myself writing a suite of poems in her voice. Like me she is an island woman – her name alone is an obvious connection with me, as I come from the Land of Calypso (music). In Homer’s Odyssey she’s a villainous hermit who kidnaps Odysseus and holds him as her sex slave for seven years in her breathtakingly beautiful prison island Ogygia. She’s become a cypher for my own fears about how badly I communicate with people and my sense of inadequacy in making connections; in the most recent poem I’ve written, Calypso prays to iCloud to become a bot.
I left my hermitage in the Graduate Hotel to take in African-American writer and musician Meshell Ndegeocello’s No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin during the Hancher Auditorium’s Infinite Dream Festival. Days later I went to hear celebrated Chicana poet Sandra Cisneros and former US Poet Laureates Joy Harjo and Juan Felipe Herrera read their work at the Iowa Memorial Union.
Nigerian novelist and former IWP fellow Samuel Kọ́láwọ́lé visited Iowa City and read from his new novel The Road to the Salt Sea, at Prairie Lights Bookshop, on September 29. –
Afterwards, I bounced up Ms Cisneros and Ms Harjo in the lobby at the Graduate. Ms Cisneros was kind enough to insist on buying one of my books. Fortunately, I had copies of my new historical crime novella Death in the Dry River; I also presented one to Ms Harjo, a member of the Muscogee Nation and the first Native American US Poet Laureate.
Their enthusiastic reception of me was partly due to borrowed shine because they had both been MFA creative writing students in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Ms Cisneros emphasised what a boon the IWP writers were to them then. It was a timely reminder that, while we’re only here for three months, our IWP legacy will continue long after we’re gone. I hope to make the most of mine.
How Many People Watch TV in 2024? (User Statistics) Last Updated: September 26, 2024
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How many individuals view TV in 2024?
Globally, there are at least 5.36 billion people watching television.
Television serves as a crucial mass medium for communication.
People generally rely on television for informative programs including news, sports, and documentaries, as well as for entertainment, advertising, education, and music.
How Many Individuals Watch TV in 2024?
As stated in the Advertising & Media Outlook, there are at least 5.36 billion television viewers worldwide.
This figure may rise to 5.68 billion television users by 2026, as the global number of TV viewers continues to grow.
According to data from the global television market in 2021, there were approximately 1.72 billion television households globally, anticipated to exceed 1.8 billion by 2026.
In the United States, the estimated number of TV households was 119.9 million during 2018-2019. This increased to 121 million in 2020-2021 and reached 122.4 million in the subsequent year.
The RRD (Un)Expected Report in 2021 revealed that 77% of individuals aged 18-24 in the US dedicate most of their time to video content on streaming services, with 9% watching cable TV and 6% preferring network TV. In contrast, 40% of those aged 55 and older spend most of their time on streaming services, 38% on cable TV, and 7% on network TV.
Peak of Television Viewing
The number of television sets surged to 12 million in 1951 from just 6,000 in 1946. By 1955, the popularity of television had escalated, reaching a point where half of US households owned TVs.
Nevertheless, despite the technological advancements, it took another decade for color televisions to gain popularity in the US.
By the late 1990s, nearly 98% of homes in the US had at least one television.
The early 2000s to the present is considered a peak period for television, marked by the evolution of digital technology, advancements in media distribution, HDTV, TV streaming, online video platforms, web TV, and video-on-demand services.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, television usage surged. Lockdowns around the globe altered individuals’ daily routines.
People increasingly turned to digital technology, including televisions, for news and entertainment.
Many individuals, particularly those from Generation X, Generation Y (Millennials), and Generation Z (Centennials), engaged in excessive watching of movies and series.
Evolution of Television
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In 1878, a mechanical system scanning images was one of the early television inventions that transmitted them onto screens.
A large rotating metal disk was part of the mechanical camera used to send images through wires.
Years later, the initial mechanical television featured a spinning disk with holes set in a spiral arrangement.
The invention of the first cathode ray tube in 1897 was combined with a mechanical scanning system. Then, in 1927, an electronic television was created that scanned images utilizing a beam of electrons.
Eventually, a significantly enhanced camera tube was developed after a number of years.
A few years later, RCA, a leading company in the US radio industry with two NBC networks, commenced selling television sets equipped with picture tubes measuring 12.7 by 25.4 centimeters.
Early Television Broadcasts
Capturing early television broadcasts required a single camera, and they faced difficulties showing the color white due to being in black and white.
The first national color broadcast occurred in 1954. By the 1980s, the rise of cable networks allowed for the recording and replaying of programs.
The 1990s brought advancements in cable technology, and direct-broadcast satellite television resulted in an increase in channel variety.
In 1998, television broadcasts became accessible over the World Wide Web via computers. The 2000s saw the emergence of various cable TV channels.
Throughout the years up to the present, high-end TV features providing superior video and sound quality have been developed.
Who Watch Television the Most
A report by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company shows that daily TV reach is greater among adults aged 50 years and older compared to younger individuals.
Viewers from Generation X tend to prefer traditional TV over digital videos.
Among the Baby Boomers, the majority watch cable TV, with 38% aged 55 and older choosing cable TV over other platforms; 21% are from the 40-54 age group, while 16% belong to the 25-39 age range, and only 9% are between 18-24 years old.
The Average Age Who Watches Television
In 2018, a US survey indicated that television is the preferred media activity for many individuals.
Results show that watching television is favored by 37% of respondents aged 65 and older, followed by 33% in the 55 to 64 age range. In contrast, only 7% of individuals aged 25 to 34 and 1% below 25 specified television as their favorite media activity.
However, the onset of the coronavirus pandemic led to a rise in TV viewing for the first time since 2011.
During the mandatory quarantine and stay-at-home orders in 2020, many turned to television for news and entertainment.
As noted by eMarketer forecasting analyst, viewership among those aged 65 and older has increased by… “`
The viewership for individuals aged 25 to 34 increased by 4.3%, while those aged 45-54 rose by 2%. Conversely, the group remaining indoors due to the highest risk of disease acquisition observed a significant rise of 4.9% in their television consumption.
Who Spends Most Time Watching Television
Among all nationalities globally, Americans hold the title for the highest television consumption.
On average, Americans spend approximately 270 minutes daily watching television, even as television usage declines due to the rise of online streaming services and improved global internet access.
In 2019, the average viewing time for African Americans was about 3.23 hours daily, compared to Asian Americans who spent approximately 1.5 to 2 hours in front of the TV each day.
Following the United States, Poland ranks second in average television viewing time, with Polish individuals averaging 264 minutes daily.
Other countries with high television viewership include Japan, Brazil, Russia, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
The Average Number of Hours Watching Television
The typical American enjoys over 4 hours of television each day, equating to about 28 hours weekly, which can total approximately 2 months per year spent watching TV without interruption.
According to OnePoll’s 2019 findings, researchers estimate that an average individual dedicates roughly 78,705 hours of their lifetime to watching television, encompassing about 3,639 movies and 31,507 episodes.
What Do People Frequently Watch
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Those of older generations typically prefer watching news and sports programs on television, while younger and mid-aged viewers tend to favor entertainment and documentary content.
Various programs often viewed on television encompass weather forecasts, news broadcasts, educational shows, sports events, documentaries, movies, TV series, advertisements, and even music performances via the TV.
The most popular series among adult viewers aged 18-49 in 2021-2022 was NFL Sunday Night Football (NBC), as indicated by Nielsen’s ratings chart.
Conclusion
In recent decades, the number of TV households in the US has risen steadily. However, the penetration rate of pay-TV has struggled annually, standing at 71% in 2021—a drop of more than 10% in five years, attributed to the increasing popularity of on-demand online video streaming.
Did you know that an average 65-year-old individual has experienced approximately 2 million television commercials in their lifetime?
This is certainly a notable fact to keep in mind when you reach the age of 65!
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Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates (UAE), UK (United Kingdom), USA (United States of America, U.S.), US Minor Outlying Islands.
Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State (Holy See), Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (US), Wallis and Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Australia (Oceania), Middle East, South America.
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The UN Women Leaders Network was launched this week on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly. It is the first permanent network of its kind, composed of intergenerational and intersectional women leaders, and its members represent the change needed in the traditional image of leadership today.
The network includes both emerging and more established leaders across ages, regions, and professions. The network will work together to promote the increase and advancement of women in leadership and decision-making spaces worldwide, and functions as a platform to a diverse group of women leaders to discuss and exchange ideas, solutions and experiences as leaders, community-builders and decision-makers.
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Members of the newly launched UN Women Leaders Network unites a global intergenerational and intersectional group of women leaders advocating for women’s leadership and participation in decision-making. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Chaired by the Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Sami Bahous, and created in partnership with the Government of Iceland, the UN Foundation, and the Council of Women World Leaders, the network will operate in support of UN Women’s work on women’s leadership. As the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action approaches in 2025, and world leaders are being called on to recommit to gender equality and women’s rights and empowerment, the network will serve as champions for diversity in leadership.
The network includes leaders such as Amanda Nguyen, CEO and Founder, Rise; Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius (2015 – 2018); Aya Chebbi, Former African Union Special Envoy on Youth and Founder of Nala Feminist Collective; Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; Hibaaq Osman, Founder and Chairperson, ThinkTank for Arab Women, the Dignity Fund, Karama and the Centre for the Strategic Initiatives of Women; Janet Mbugua, Author, Advocate and Founder, Inua Dada Foundation; Joyce Banda, President of Malawi (2012 – 2014); Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia (2010 – 2013); Julieta Martinez, Climate Justice and Gender Equality Youth Activist; Kathleen Hanna, Musician, Author and Feminist Activist; Kimberlé Crenshaw, Civil Rights Advocate, Scholar and Co-Founder and Executive Director, African American Policy Forum; Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2011; Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace and Security, Georgetown University; Roxane Gay, Author, Professor and Advocate; and Tarja Halonen, President of Finland (2000 – 2012). A full list of the current leaders can be found here.
Once fully mobilized, the network will consist of a group of 100 women leaders.
White-Collar Crime Statistics 2024: Demographics & Sentences Last Updated: September 18, 2024
The topic for the day is white-collar crime statistics for 2024.
Before we dive into the facts, figures, and statistics surrounding white-collar crimes, we’ll define it to help our readers have a solid understanding of what white-collar crime involves.
Historically, the term “white-collar crime” was created in 1939 by a man named Edwin Sutherland.
The phrase was coined because most of the people committing these crimes wore white shirts, like government officials (local, state, etc.) and business executives.
You will also hear them called “suits’, though not all men or women in suits are criminals.
The Investopedia definition of white-collar crime describes this category of crime as “a nonviolent crime committed for financial gain.”
These crimes relate to the financial realm of criminal activities.
That includes money laundering, racketeering, embezzlement, insider trading, corporate fraud, insurance fraud, securities fraud, etc.
The FBI says, “These crimes are characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust.”
The motivation for such criminal activity is to either prevent losing or to gain money, services, property, or to otherwise secure a business or personal advantage.
We can tell you that there is no shortage of statistics to discuss.
However, we have researched and gathered some of the most interesting and pertinent in the United States from 2019 to 2024.
Key White-Collar Crime Statistics 2024
On average, white-collar criminals are middle-aged men.
63.33% of white-collar crimes involve fraud.
Roughly 15 million Americans have been impacted by identity theft.
91.4% of Income tax offenses are committed by men, and 89.1% are white.
Statistics reveal that 35.3% of white collar felons have assets of over $10,000.
Only 9% of fraudulent crimes occur within nonprofits.
Roughly 6.1% of corporate criminals are from an unhealthy family structure.
28% of corporate crimes are committed by women.
Asset misappropriation accounted for 86% of the cases studied.
As of 2021, prosecutions for white-collar offenses are down by 24.4% from just five years ago.
Detailed White-Collar Crime Statistics 2024
Let’s start with a few general statistics about white-collar crimes in this first section of the article.
You will get an idea of just how widespread these crimes are in America.
1. According to the FBI, White-Collar Crime Was Defined in 1939, when The Phrase Itself Was Created.
In the introduction, we explained how Edwin Sutherland coined the phrase, “white-collar crime.”
This term has stood the test of time, defining a wide range of financial crimes primarily committed by government and business professionals.
White-collar crimes can financially destroy and have destroyed companies, families, and individuals for hundreds or even thousands of years.
After all, before the phrase “white-collar crime” was a thing, these crimes were happening.
(FBI 2)
2. On Average, White-Collar Criminals Are Middle-Aged Men.
If you consider men in their mid-40s to be middle-aged, this is the average age of white-collar criminals.
This data comes from 2019 but is still the average in the United States.
Going by appearances, these men are the last kinds of people to be suspected of criminal activities, especially financial crimes.
Also, these middle-aged men are also white, middle-class, married men with at least a bachelor’s degree or higher.
They also have solid ties to their communities, religion, and their families.
The motivation for these criminals is more about convenience, willingness, greed, and opportunity rather than need. These criminals are at least consistent.
(Forbes)
3. 63.33% of White-Collar Crimes Involve Fraud.
Out of all white-collar crimes, fraud made the top of the offenses at 63.33%.
Under the umbrella of fraud, there are types such as corporate, insurance, securities, mortgage, health care, and other forms of fraud.
After fraud, embezzlement is the next most common type of white-collar crime at 8.59%, followed closely by theft/larceny at 7.80%.
Money laundering (5.71%), tax evasion (4.79%), forgery (4.36%), racketeering/extortion (2.92%, bribery (1.85%), and gambling and lottery (0.66%) fraud types are included in the distribution of white-collar crimes.
(Zippia)
4. Roughly 15 Million Americans Have Been Impacted by Identity Theft.
Identity theft falls under white-collar crimes, whether it happens online or offline.
Around 15 million Americans have their identities taken and fraudulently used each year. The losses account for roughly $50 billion.
According to statistics, identity thieves have several methods they use to steal identities.
This includes email phishing and vishing, database hacks, devices placed on ATMs, and even less sophisticated methods that still work.
(Identity Theft Info)
5. The FBI’s Primary Focus in Fraud Investigations Involve False Accounting and Illicit Transactions.
In the corporate fraud white-collar crime realm, the FBI’s main focus is on accounting and the misrepresentation of financial conditions.
Also, they focus on fraudulent trades that hide monetary losses or inflate gains. Illicit transactions that aid in escaping regulatory oversight play a major role in FBI investigations.
Even corporate fraud features multiple infractions in the statistical arena. Moreover, self-dealing aspects of corporate insiders fall under FBI scrutiny.
The FBI puts its energy into cases that involve self-dealing and accounting by executives in the corporate world.
Furthermore, obstruction of justice is also investigated because it’s used to conceal these kinds of crimes.
(FBI 3)
6. 91.4% of Income Tax Offenses Are Committed by Men, and 89.1% Are White.
Remember that we discussed most white-collar criminals as white males in their mid-40s? The mean age of those who have committed tax fraud or offenses is 49, 91.4% of them are male, and 89.1% are white.
In contrast, street crimes are a bit different. For instance, the statistics for robberies show that street crime robbers on average are 28-year-old white (46.3%) males (93.4%).
(ResearchGate)
7. 35.3% of White Collar Felons Have Assets of Over $10,000.
A study from the University of Cincinnati called “Life Course Theory and White-Collar Crime”, 35.3% of white-collar felons own over $10,000 in assets.
This same paper cites that these criminals are also well-established in their communities. Another 63.5% enjoy residential stability, and of that figure, 50.3% own their homes.
They are commonly high-ranking executives in their careers and usually have managerial positions. Unlike what you would expect from a “criminal”, 65.8% of them are steadily employed.
(ResearchGate 2)
8. Only 9% of Fraudulent Crimes Occur Within Nonprofits.
Nonprofit organizations don’t often experience high rates of fraud, but at least 9% of the investigated cases from a 2020 report shows nonprofits were affected.
Damages in fraud cases amount to $75,000 per incident, which is a hefty number for small nonprofits, or any small organization.
PwC’s Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey from 2020 revealed that private institutions made up 44% of corporate fraud cases.
Another 26% occurred in public organizations, and 16% within government agencies. The other 5-6% of fraud cases occurred in other types of businesses.
(PWC)
9. In 2020, 755 Instances of Money Laundering Occurred in The United States, According to Statistics.
The highest number of money laundering crimes occured in the Southern District of Florida (42) in the 2020 fiscal year.
After Florida, the Southern District of New York showed 33 offenses, and the Southern District of Texas tied New York’s figures.
The Northern District of Ohio had 31 money laundering cases, and the Western District of Missouri accounted for 26.
Those are the top five spots in the United States for money laundering offenses. According to further statistics, 79.9% of money laundering perpetrators were male.
Of these figures, 34.8% were White/Caucasian, 34.7% were Hispanic/Latino, 20.8% were African American/Black, and other races accounted for 9.7%. How many of these offenders had a previous criminal history?
A whopping 69.8% of the 2020 money laundering offenders had no priors.
(United States Sentencing Committee)
10. In 2015, 3,923 White-Collar Crimes Were Reported by Whistleblowers Alone.
Whistleblowers were responsible for tipping off the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2015 with 3.923 tips related to bribes, corruption, and overall white-collar crimes in the workplace.
Since then, whistleblowing has steadily grown and brought more white-collar crimes into view.
Without these whistleblowers, most sophisticated white-collar offenses would either go unnoticed, or at least unprosecuted due to lack of evidence.
These criminals know how to conceal their illicit dealings through a series of complicated transactions.
(Cornell Law School)
White-Collar Crime Demographics 2024
You now have some general, fundamental statistics to peruse, but what about some demographic statistics related to these nonviolent, but not victim-free statistics?
11. Roughly 6.1% of Corporate Criminals Are from An Unhealthy Family Structure.
We already know that most white-collar perpetrators are pretty average people with happy lifestyles that no one would suspect of any form of criminal activity.
However, we also learned that motivation isn’t always about need, but it is more about greed and convenience.
According to studies, white-collar criminals come from stable, happy households.
However, there are those few who are raised by families with criminal records, reports of abuse/neglect in their childhoods, and other very dysfunctional settings.
Most criminals who are raised in less healthy and poverty-stricken homes commit blue-collar or street crimes.
(ResearchGate 3)
12. According to Results from White-Collar Crime Data, 28% of Corporate Crimes Are Committed by Women.
We have the data on the predominantly male white-collar crime statistics, but women account for a smaller, but significant percentage of these crimes at 28%.
Women in the corporate world are even less likely to be suspected of white-collar crimes than men because they are also astute at covering their tracks, and they are often seen as upstanding members of their community.
To be fair, women are rarely the offenders in white-collar crimes in the corporate arena. Out of the whole 28% who are involved in these corporate crimes, 27% involve fraud.
Losses among women are significantly lower at $85,000 on average than men who committed frauds at $150,000 on average.
(2020 Report to the Nations Fraud and Abuse Study)
13. Tenured, Highly Educated, Older Fraud Offenders Cause the Highest Losses Within an Organization.
From the same 2020 report, tenured fraudsters (habitual, occupational) account for double the losses of those with less tenure in a company.
To break it down, fraud offenders that have been with a company at least six years will cost a median amount of $200,000 per incident.
In contrast, fraud offenders with five years or less invested in a firm cost a median amount of $100,000 per incident.
Likewise. Fraudsters over 55 years old cost companies $425,000 on average, compared to those between 40 and 54 ($150,000) and under 40 ($75,000).
Moreover, 64% occupational fraudsters have high university degrees and cost companies $195,000 on average.
For those without a university degree, the median number is $100,000 in losses.
(2020 Report to the Nations Fraud and Abuse Study)
14. Most White-Collar Criminals Live Beyond Their Means.
If you’re seeking a solid motivational factor for committing white-collar crimes, the data shows that these upstanding corporate executives are already living beyond their means, so they want more “streams of income”.
Heads of households are the ones bringing home the bacon, so when more is needed, some of them will do just about anything to make more money, even if it’s a crime.
This is pretty obvious based on the demographic data on men between 40 and 61, without a criminal record, and who lead what appears to be upstanding lives who are the main focus of statistics.
(Sivin, Miller & Roche LLP)
The Price of White-Collar Crimes in 2024
We have come to the portion of the article that will address the price of white-collar crime. In other words, the monetary costs of these nonviolent crimes.
Remember, nonviolent doesn’t equal victimless because many families, businesses, and people have lost money from these crimes.
15. The Average White-Collar Crime Can Incur Losses of More than $500,000.
In contrast to statistics on related crime costing losses of more than $500,000, armed robbery street crimes average a little more than $3,000.
Research shows that if check fraud and forgeries were included with white-collar crimes, these figures would be much higher.
Another interesting fact about white-collar crimes is that until the losses become astronomical, they go virtually unnoticed.
It’s less noticeable for coworkers to be noticed or suspected of crimes simply by paying for personal items.
The problem is, they are commonly repeat offenders, which eventually gets them caught.
(Bajoka Law)
16. Asset Misappropriation Accounted for 86% of The Cases Studied.
Between January 2020 and September 2021, research studies looked into fraud trends and white-collar crimes.
Asset misappropriation made of 86% of the cases researched. However, even with this massive percentage of ill doings, they were the least costly to companies.
The average loss for asset misappropriation within organizations was $100,000 per incident within the time frame they were studied.
Corruption cases were second at 50%, and cost and average of $150,000 per occurrence.
Only 9% of the studied cases involved financial statement fraud but were discovered to be the costliest at $593,000 per occurrence.
(Withum)
17. $300 Billion Is the Estimated Cost in The United States for White-Collar Crimes, According to The FBI.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States reported that an estimated annual cost of $300 billion is incurred from white-collar crimes.
The takeaway isn’t just this exorbitant amount of money. It’s also about the fact that statistics are showing a rise in these crimes.
Besides the penalties and fines, the costs also account for paying for prosecutors, loss or forfeiture of homes and properties, community confinement, family disruptions and divorces, supervised releases, and the potential for imprisonment.
Imagine the emotional costs in stress, anxiety, and societal stigma.
(Cornell Law School)
Prosecution and Sentencing White-Collar Crimes in 2024
We’ve already covered a lot of ground for white-collar crimes, but there is one more section to discuss. This involves the prosecution and sentencing of white-collar offenders.
18. As Of 2021, Prosecutions for White-Collar Offenses Are Down by 24.4% from Just Five Years Ago.
Five years ago, white-collar crime prosecutions accounted for 6,253 cases. The 2021 number for white-collar crimes was 4,727.
The change from 20 years ago is -50%, and the change from 2020 is 11%.
One reason for the downturn in prosecutions between 2020 and 2021 was the pandemic. During the COVID-19 ordeal, prosecutions were temporarily depressed.
However, when looking at long-term trends, it appears that white-collar crime prosecutions are still declining.
(TRAC)
19. The Most Famous and Biggest White-Collar Crime Created Losses of $65 Billion.
Do you remember the Bernie Madoff arrest from 2011? Well, you need to know that this scam was the most successful white-collar infraction ever committed.
It was designed as a Ponzi scheme and was run through Madoff’s “business”, Madoff Investment Securities, LLC. He was convicted of multiple white-collar crimes.
Madoff’s prosecution and sentencing cost him 150 years in prison where he died in 2021.
If you need to understand what a Ponzi scheme is, it’s defined as an investment fraud that pays investors with money from new investors.
Essentially, it can be kept going by getting new investors and paying the existing investors.
(Investopedia 2)
20. The Eastern District of North Carolina Was the Most Active State for Prosecutions in 2020.
North Carolina takes white-collar crime very seriously, as should all states. In 2020, 18 prosecutions for these types of crimes occurred in Raleigh (the Eastern District).
Second to Raleigh New Orleans, the Eastern District of Louisiana with 13 prosecutions.
More white-collar facts show that in August 2020, the Justice Department of the United States recorded 95.5 white-collar crime prosecutions for every 10 million individuals in the country.
(TRAC 2)
FAQs
Conclusion
Hopefully, you have learned something new and interesting from these white-collar crime statistics we researched and shared with you.
You should have a better understanding of what this category of crime is and what kinds of crimes are involved.
The numbers may show there is a decline in reporting and prosecuting white-collar offenses, but does that really mean the actual crimes are declining?
Do you think the pandemic made it easier for these criminals to slip past the system?
We may never know the real numbers for white-collar crimes, but what we do have is enough to tell us that it’s a big problem in corporate America.
It’s doubtful that any corporation is completely immune to white-collar crimes.
While we have discussed some of the most major statistics about white-collar crimes, there are those sneaky transactions like a corporate executive trying to use a personal restaurant check as a business expense.
So, we cannot possibly account for every instance of white-collar crime.
Do you know anyone who has ever been caught and punished for a white-collar crime?
We hope you have enjoyed reading this article about white collar crime statistics in 2024. Hopefully, you have never seen such infractions committed in your workplace.
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Data is from 2023 and 2024 and forecast data is for 2025 and 2026. We also expand the forecast data to 2027 and 2028.
* This information was taken from various sources around the world, including these countries:
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Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan.
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi.
Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar.
Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand (NZ), Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway.
Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe.
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria.
Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates (UAE), UK (United Kingdom), USA (United States of America, U.S.), US Minor Outlying Islands.
Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State (Holy See), Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (US), Wallis and Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Australia (Oceania), Middle East, South America.
Post Title: White-Collar Crime Statistics 2024: Demographics & Sentences Last Updated: September 18, 2024
