DOJ Whistleblower Rewards to Target Foreign Corruption Tips

An upcoming pilot to pay whistleblowers will be focused on encouraging international corruption tips, the Justice Department’s criminal chief said Friday.

“We believe that we can make the greatest impact by offering financial incentives to disclose misconduct in areas where no such incentives currently exist,” said Nicole Argentieri, the Criminal Division’s acting assistant attorney general at a legal conference. “For example, we anticipate that the program could prove especially useful in developing foreign corruption cases that are outside the jurisdiction of the SEC, including FCPA violations by non-issuers.”

Her remarks were intended to flesh out the parameters of a program ...