DOJ Criminal Division Head Details White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Related Policy Revisions
On June 10, the head of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew R. Galeotti, gave a speech before the American Conference Institute (ACI) outlining the DOJ’s white-collar enforcement priorities. Galeotti’s remarks follow the DOJ’s recent revisions to the Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP). Read our previous alert about the CEP here . Galeotti emphasized that if defense counsel representing companies under investigation “do the right thing, report potential crimes, root out misconduct, cooperate with the [DOJ], and help the company remediate ,” then the company will receive “significant benefits.” He highlighted three key points: Companies that “voluntarily self-report, cooperate, and remediate” fraud and other white-collar offenses will receive a declination — not just a “presumption” of declination — unless there are aggravating factors . Galeotti said that he would personally scrutinize ...