Tapping into Wall Street – The Government Employs Tougher Tactics Against Money Crimes
January 5, 2012
American Bar Association - Criminal Justice Newsletter
Types : Bylined Articles
Confidential informants, undercover agents, and electronic surveillance-over the last few years, federal law enforcement officials have begun using tactics typically reserved for corruption and drug cases to combat white collar crimes including health care fraud, unlawful kickbacks, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, computer crimes, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. As recently noted by Lanny Breuer, assistant attorney general of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, “[o]ut are the days of resting easy in the belief that only self-reporting or tipsters will bring criminality to light. In are the days of proactive and innovative white collar enforcement.” (Remarks to ABA Nat’l Inst. on White Collar Crime (Feb. 25, 2010), http://tinyurl.com/7sgylsb).