The U.S. Justice Department has said it will step up efforts to prosecute individuals engaged in white-collar crime, as officials look to roll back the Trump administration’s lighter-touch approach to oversight.
“Accountability starts with the individuals responsible for criminal conduct,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a speech to an American Bar Association forum last week. These changes will encourage more cases against senior executives, who have been pursued less vigorously in the past. Monaco said it will no longer be sufficient for companies seeking credit for cooperation to limit disclosures to those “substantially involved” in misconduct.
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