I have previously written about what conduct can help your company if it is under an investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations. The key seems to be “extra-ordinary cooperation.” Today we will take a look at a recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) matter where an individual received a Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA). In an article in the June issue of the Compliance Week Magazine, entitled “How Individuals Win Non-Prosecution Agreements”, author Jaclyn Jaeger wrote about the recent NPA reached with an individual, as opposed to a corporate defendant. Jaeger called this a “first-of-a-kind case” due to the fact that it is the first time an individual has been given a NPA by the SEC. The case referenced by Jaeger involved an “un-named former senior executive of the institutional money management firm AXA Rosenberg.” Although the matter did not involve any alleged violations of the FCPA, the NPA is certainly instructive for considering how to resolve a SEC action under the FCPA if you are caught up in an individual enforcement action.
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