United States: Corporate Crime

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued its first health care fraud declination under the new Corporate Enforcement Policy, resolving a multi-year investigation into Campus Eye Management for alleged Medicare fraud and Anti-Kickback Statute violations. While the company avoided prosecution through voluntary self-disclosure and cooperation, its CEO faces criminal charges, highlighting DOJ's continued focus on individual accountability even when corporations receive favorable treatment.

The Department of Justice's first healthcare declination under its 2026 Corporate Enforcement Policy offers critical insights into how companies can navigate criminal investigations through voluntary...

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued its first declination of criminal charges against a healthcare company under the new Corporate Enforcement Policy, demonstrating how voluntary self-disclosure and robust compliance programs can help companies avoid prosecution. While Campus Eye Management avoided charges through cooperation and remediation, the DOJ simultaneously indicted an individual founder on healthcare fraud and kickback charges, highlighting the government's focus on personal accountability.

An independent third party monitor, neither employee nor agent of the organization or government, is appointed to assess and improve corporate compliance programs following misconduct. While the DOJ maintains monitorships serve non-punitive goals focused on reducing recurrence risk, organizations often perceive the imposition of a monitor as punishment despite its intended rehabilitative purpose.

On April 30, 2026, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Fraud Enforcement Division (the Division) announced the launch of a new West Coast Strike Force, a multi-district enforcement...

Federal regulators and prediction market operators have launched their first major enforcement actions targeting insider trading in event contracts, signaling a new era of market integrity oversight.

Rarely used since its enactment 35 years ago, one of the DOJ’s most powerful weapons is back. The CFCE statute (18 U.S.C. § 225) carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life imprisonment.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Fraud Section released its 2025 Year-in-Review (YIR) last week, revealing an expanded enforcement blueprint that suggests heightened regulatory risk and more aggressive...

The goal of recent law reforms in many jurisdictions is to make it easier to hold businesses to account for offenses committed by their directors, employees, agents and other associated parties, a corporate criminal liability risk that has been developing over several years.