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What could be worse than a several-hundred-million dollar Foreign Corrupt Practices Act fine hitting your company? How about not being allowed to even compete for many of your most important contracts for a period of several years.
What could be worse than a several-hundred-million dollar Foreign Corrupt Practices Act fine hitting your company? How about not being allowed to even compete for many of your most important contracts for a period of several years. While most international companies are by now keenly aware of anti-corruption laws such as the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act, there is generally less awareness of the enforcement regimes the World Bank Group and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) have developed to combat the improper use of the funds they lend. With more than 1,000 entities and individuals currently debarred by the bank alone, the MDBs have increasingly become investigative and enforcement heavyweights, capable of imposing crippling sanctions such as multiyear debarments. Every company participating in MDB-financed projects must be cognizant of their compliance guidelines and the impact of their investigative and disciplinary functions.
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Defending FCA Actions Related to Pandemic Programs
By Steve Sozio, Rebecca Martin, Rajeev Muttreja and Mark Rotatori
With the federal government appropriating more than $2 trillion for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, plaintiffs’ lawyers, regulators and politicians have trumpeted the search for whistleblowers — many of whom will try to cash in on perceived fraud in the funding programs created by the CARES Act and other enactments.
Corporate Criminal Liability in the COVID-19 Era
By Carolyn H. Kendall
Compliance Programs Offer Companies an Opportunity to Mitigate Risk
This article outlines the principles of corporate criminal liability, including the factors prosecutors consider when making charging decisions, and the potentially available sanctions in light of applicable U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, and offers strategies for minimizing risk, including lessons from recent criminal enforcement actions.
CARES Act Puts Inspectors General Back in the Spotlight
By Daniel R. Alonso, Preston Burton and Meredith Leeson
IGs have been part of the federal landscape for more than 40 years, so why all the fuss now? The answer is that they are a key element of the government’s built-in mechanisms for protecting the nation’s public treasury, and a relief package of this scope strongly indicates that the IGs and the new oversight bodies will spend many years scrutinizing funds spent under it.
Prosecuting PPP Fraud May Be Harder Than It Seems
By Christopher M. Ferguson
This article discusses what tools the government has for pursuing seemingly undeserving PPP borrowers, the obstacles to bringing such cases, and the factors that may influence the government’s decision in pursuing criminal or civil cases.
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