More than 200 people have come forward since the Department of Justice in August launched its whistleblower program, the agency’s Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller said at an Oct. 23 compliance conference.
When it introduced the program in March, the agency said it was hoping whistleblowers would give it a window into corporate criminal conduct, an area that’s largely absent in other federal whistleblower programs, which largely focus on civil violations.
“These [other] programs have proven indispensable — but they resemble a patchwork quilt that doesn’t cover the whole bed,” Lisa Monaco, the deputy attorney general, said when announcing DOJ’s intention to create the program. “They simply don’t address the full range of corporate and financial misconduct that the department prosecutes. So, we are filling these gaps.”
The agency intends to review the program in three years to see if it succeeds in prompting insiders to come forward. If it does, the department will make the program permanent.
It’s part of a broader campaign, launched by Monaco about two years ago, to encourage individuals and companies to come forward voluntarily with information on corporate wrongdoing in exchange for benefits, including prosecution declinations.
In his remarks a few weeks ago, Miller said the campaign is succeeding.
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