Tag: Bribery
EDNY Launches New Whistleblower Non-Prosecution Pilot Program
On September 17, 2024, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) announced a new pilot program that offers non-prosecution agreements (typically referred to as NPAs) to individuals who voluntarily disclose information about certain corporate crimes to EDNY. Officials explained that the program, which took immediate […]
DOJ Launches New Incentive Program for Corporate Whistleblowers
The US Department of Justice has officially launched its whistleblower rewards pilot program, which offers financial incentives to individuals who report corporate misconduct to the DOJ and meet certain criteria. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri has made clear that the DOJ is attempting to break down barriers between whistleblowers […]
The Prisoner’s Dilemma Comes for Corporate Crime
As part of its continued effort to incentivize the voluntary self-disclosure of corporate crime, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a pilot program in mid-April 2024 that will offer non-prosecution agreements (NPAs) to individuals who voluntarily self-disclose information about certain corporate crimes. This program, along with […]
DOJ Announces New Safe Harbor Policy for Voluntary Self-Disclosure in M&A
The Department of Justice continues to make clear that one of its principal corporate enforcement priorities is encouraging companies to voluntarily self-disclose misconduct. To that end, the DOJ recently announced its decision to decline to prosecute Lifecore Biomedical, a pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer, despite evidence that employees of Lifecore’s […]
Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail: UK Government Proposes ‘Failure to Prevent Fraud’ Corporate Criminal Offence
Economic crime has risen to such a level in the United Kingdom that UK Finance, a trade association for the UK banking and financial services sector, considers financial fraud to be a ‘national security threat’. More than £750 million was stolen from banking customers by fraudsters in the first half […]
Whistleblower Complaints and Rewards Explode Worldwide
What you need to know Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of whistleblower complaints received by regulators has exploded on both sides of the Atlantic. On November 15, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported that it paid out more in whistleblower awards in fiscal […]
Skansen Interiors Limited: The UK’s first contested prosecution under S7 of the Bribery Act
The recent conviction of UK company Skansen Interiors Limited (SIL), for the corporate offence of failure to prevent bribery has caused controversy. This is the first conviction under S7 of the Bribery Act after a contested trial where the company self-reported but was still brought to trial. Commentators are asking […]
High Court supports SFO bid to obtain documents claimed as privileged
In a landmark ruling on 8 May 2017, the High Court ordered that the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (“ENRC”) should hand over to the SFO documents prepared during an internal investigation, despite the fact that the documents had been generated by lawyers (including external solicitors). In 2011, ENRC began an […]
Failure to Prevent Criminal Facilitation of Tax Evasion
The new UK “failure to prevent criminal facilitation of tax evasion” domestic and overseas offences will almost certainly become effective in or before September 2017. What does this mean for companies and firms? The offences threaten criminal liability in connection with policing the acts of others. Strict liability is imposed […]
UK’s Serious Fraud Office secures second deferred prosecution agreement – this time with the UK Subsidiary of US Corporate
Lord Justice Leveson has approved the Serious Fraud Office’s (“SFO’s”) second application for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”). The Agreement is with a company which cannot be named because of continuing related legal proceedings. The first DPA was with ICBC Standard Bank in December 2015. Further agreements under the DPA […]