Company self-reporting on rise, says AAG Polite, and work of CCOs is integral

AAG Polite said the criminal division is also looking into how it selects compliance monitors and when it charges individual executives.

More companies are choosing to voluntarily report instances of potential criminal misconduct after the US Department of Justice upped the rewards for doing so, a senior DOJ official has said.

Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Kenneth Polite Jr., who leads the DOJ’s criminal division, told attendees at a white-collar crime conference hosted

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