Government Investigations & White Collar Crime

By: Robert J. Higdon Jr.

In April, the Fraud Section of the United States Department of Justice announced several measures designed to enhance its effort to discover and prosecute violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).[1] See, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et. seq. In sum, the FCPA makes it illegal for companies and their supervisors to influence anyone with any personal payment or reward.

The FCPA applies to any person who has a certain degree of connection to the United States and engages in foreign corrupt practices. The Act also applies to any act by U.S. businesses, foreign corporations trading securities in the U.S., and American nationals, citizens, and residents acting in furtherance of a foreign corrupt practice whether or not they are physically present in the U.S.

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