Supposedly 34% of all Medicare payments are fraudulent. How about stopping some of those?
Just make the penalties for fraud and other "white collar" crimes the same as for the "blue collar" thefts.
Equal dollar amounts receive equal penalties.
Of course, there needs to be an "add-on" or multiplier for violence or threat thereof.
But, if you walk up to the bank teller window with a note saying "give me all your money", collect $5,000 and receive a sentence (when caught) of 5 years, then defrauding SS, Medicare, your client, embezzlement, etc. of $5,000 needs to receive the same sentence.
Perhaps "white collar" crimes also need a multiplier if the perpetrator is an officer of the law, an elected official or an attorney.
Integrated "white collar" and "blue collar" non-violent prisoner populations.