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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
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EnforceMintz — DOJ’s Continued Focus on Individual Accountability

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As discussed in EnforceMintz – Significant 2022 Regulatory and Policy Developments, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued several memoranda in late 2022 and early 2023, reinforcing DOJ’s approach to individual accountability...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 3. - Hunter College Whistleblower: Suit Was to End ‘Luxury Vacations, Fraud...

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 3. February 23, 2023 - To those who say whistleblowers are only interested in the money a settlement can bring, meet Devin English. An assistant professor in the Department of...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

COVID-19, Corruption and Money Laundering – Managing Risk and Avoiding the Coming Wave of Enforcement

If past crises are any guide, public outcry for accountability, media attention and vigorous enforcement is likely in the wake of the pandemic. Corruption, fraud and money laundering are ever-present risks during the...more

The Volkov Law Group

Wells Fargo Settles With Justice Department for $3 Billion

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This year, 2020, has been an enforcement year opening with billion-dollar settlements: first, Airbus settled FCPA charges for $4 billion, and now Wells Fargo for $3 billion.  What a start to an enforcement year!...more

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2019 Half-year in review: M&A legal and market developments

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We set out in the attached Newsletter a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place in the second half of 2019 and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these...more

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CFTC’s Enforcement Division Releases 2019 Annual Report

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The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement (Division) released its Annual Report on November 25, 2019, summarizing the Division’s activities over the past year.1 In FY 2019, the CFTC filed 69 enforcement actions, down from 83 in FY...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: DOJ Policies Aim to Reduce Enforcement Burden on Cooperating Entities

The Department of Justice (DOJ) appears to be continuing to revamp its approach to companies suspected of financial crimes, and emphasize the importance of prosecutions of individuals. In a number of speeches in 2018, senior...more

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Individual Accountability in AML Cases

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This post discusses individual liability in AML/BSA enforcement, which is an area of increasing attention. Indeed, according to public statements by the government, individual liability is the focus of enhanced scrutiny...more

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Every Little Helps with a DPA

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Lord Justice Leveson approved Tesco Store Limited’s (“Tesco”) Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”) on 10 April 2017, making them the fourth company since November 2015 to enter into a DPA with the UK’s1 Serious Fraud Office...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"CFTC’s Enforcement Division Issues New Advisories on Cooperation"

On January 19, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement issued two new enforcement advisories outlining the factors the division will consider in evaluating cooperation in the agency’s...more

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FCPA Compliance---Recent Department of Justice Initiatives

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently initiated a one-year pilot program to encourage companies to self-report violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Any company contemplating self-reporting such a...more

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White Collar Criminal Sentencing – What A Difference Cooperation Makes

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The political campaign season has included plenty of discussion surrounding reforming our criminal justice system, and in particular sentencing for drug offenses. We have not heard much discussion about white-collar criminal...more

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New FCPA Guidance: DOJ Swings and Misses

On April 5, 2016, the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division, Department of Justice ("DOJ") released a policy document entitled, The Fraud Sections' Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Plan and Guidance ("Guidance"), in...more

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