Described as the "Wild West" by SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, the meteoric rise of digital assets like cryptocurrencies has disrupted the traditional financial ecosystem. The wave of enforcement actions brought by federal and...more
In her October 28, 2021 speech to the 36th ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco emphasized that white collar crime is a top enforcement priority for the Department of Justice...more
Although courts have reined in the application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) anti-bribery provisions in the past two years, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) shows no sign of scaling back its global...more
10/16/2020
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Global Market ,
Money Laundering ,
Popular ,
Wire Fraud
Any financial crisis, especially one as pronounced as that triggered by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, puts companies at heightened risk for fraud. With $2.2 trillion about to be made available for financial relief...more
4/1/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Fraud ,
FIRREA ,
Fraud ,
Insider Trading ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
Regulation FD ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TARP