Edited sentence: Although some groups that are commonly referred to as cults are fairly scrupulous about money matters, others bear a strong resemblance to white-collar racketeering enterprises and/or are even involved in potentially violent forms of criminal activity.Most scholars in the field seem unaware of the work of investigative journalists and law enforcement in "following the money" of cult enterprises through paper-trailing, the use of informants, and forensic accounting.To study cults (or mainstream religious organizations) without taking the financial and business side into account is, in the eyes of journalists working this beat, rather like studying physics and leaving out the law of gravity