Every change in administration sparks questions about whether the Fraud Section’s aggressive agenda will wane. At the beginning of the last Trump administration, commentators focused on the anticipated decrease in FCPA prosecutions — concerns that proved unfounded. As Reuters’ 2024 Report indicates, the Fraud Section continues to expand its prosecutorial tools and the geographic and substantive areas of its focus. They do not expect the Section to relax in its pursuit of novel and important cases.
While new leadership will be atop DOJ, and a yet-to-be-named Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division will undoubtedly influence the Fraud Section’s priorities, those predicting a downturn will likely be proven wrong again. DOJ’s focus on rewarding whistleblowers and entities that self-report misconduct, combined with its use of data analytics, has created a new and steady stream of leads to pursue that should keep the Section busy for the foreseeable future.
Read the Reuters’ analysis and review here.
