Tag: Fraud Section

Compliance into the Weeds: The DOJ Trainwreck and the Rising Risk Calculus for Compliance and Self-Disclosure

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Post date May 13, 2026
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The award-winning Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to explore it more fully. Looking for some hard-hitting insights on compliance? Look no further than Compliance into the Weeds! In this episode of Compliance into the Weeds, Tom Fox and Matt Kelly discuss how internal dysfunction at the U.S. Department of Justice is creating uncertainty for corporate compliance teams and corporations more generally.

Focusing on a reported turf battle between the long-standing Fraud Section in the Criminal Division, established in 1955 and central to FCPA enforcement and compliance guidance, and a newly created national Fraud Division, which was initially framed as targeting government benefits fraud. They argue the reorganization could drain expertise, reduce future DOJ guidance, and distort enforcement into politically selective actions, citing IBM’s $17 million settlement and an EEOC case involving The New York Times and Smartmatic’s experience. They also highlight DOJ staffing losses with a net 20% fewer lawyers, loss of experienced attorneys, reliance on inexperienced hires and bonuses, and warn that the volatility may chill voluntary self-disclosure despite DOJ messaging encouraging it.

Key highlights:

DOJ Train Wreck Overview
Fraud Section vs Fraud Division
Political Enforcement Reality
Self-Disclosure Gets Riskier
What Companies Should Do Now

Resources:

Matt on Radical Compliance

Tom

A multi-award-winning podcast, Compliance into the Weeds was most recently honored as one of the Top 25 Regulatory Compliance Podcasts, a Top 10 Business Law Podcast, and a Top 12 Risk Management Podcast. Compliance into the Weeds has been conferred a Davey, a Communicator Award, and a W3 Award, all for podcast excellence.

Tags compliance, DOJ, ECCP, FCPA, Fraud Division, Fraud Section, self-disclosures

Compliance Week Conference Podcast

Billy Jacobson – A Fireside Chat with Glenn Leon

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Post date May 9, 2023
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In this episode of the Compliance Week 2023 Speaker Preview Podcasts series, Billy discusses some of his fireside chats at Compliance Week 2023 with Glenn Leon, head of the Fraud Section at the DOJ, “Confronting Corporate Crime.”

Join Billy as he visits with Glenn Leon for a discussion focused on the priorities for the fraud section and what compliance professionals can expect in the coming year. Hear the DOJ’s perspective on evaluating corporate compliance programs, including implementing the DOJ’s new white-collar policies, such as violations of FCPA, and investigating complex schemes involving health care, securities, and procurement fraud.

I hope you can join me at Compliance Week 2023. This year’s event will be May 15-17 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC. The line-up of this year’s event is simply first-rate, with some of the top ethics and compliance practitioners around.

Gain insights and make connections at the industry’s premier cross-industry national compliance event offering knowledge-packed, accredited sessions and take-home advice from the most influential leaders in the compliance community. Back for its 18th year, compliance, ethics, legal, and audit professionals will gather safely face-to-face to benchmark best practices and gain the latest tactics and strategies to enhance their compliance programs. And many others to:

Network with your peers, including C-suite executives, legal professionals, HR leaders, and ethics and compliance visionaries.
Hear from 75+ respected cross-industry practitioners who are CEOs, CCOs, regulators, federal officials, and practitioners to help inform and shape the strategic direction of your enterprise risk management program.
Hear directly from the two SEC Commissioners, gain insights into the agency’s enforcement areas, and walk away with guidance on remaining compliant within emerging areas such as ESG disclosure, third-party risk management, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and more.
Bring actionable takeaways from your program from various session types, including ESG, Human Trafficking, Board obligations, and many others, for you to listen, learn and share.
Compliance Week aims to arm you with information, strategy, and tactics to transform your organization and career by connecting ethics to business performance through process augmentation and data visualization.

I hope you can join me at the event. For information on the event, click here. Listeners of this podcast will receive a discount of $200 by using code TF200 on the link here.