The White Collar and Corporate Enforcement (“White Collar”) Section’s Year in Review offers a comprehensive overview of the Section’s key achievements, enforcement activities, and priorities over the past year. The Review highlights major developments across the Section’s units, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the now Securities, Market, and Private Fraud (formerly Market Integrity and Major Frauds), Health and Safety, and previously Health Care Fraud, and provides detailed statistics, notable prosecutions, and emerging enforcement trends and initiatives across its operations. It also features significant corporate resolutions, compliance policy developments, and international cooperation benchmarks with other international enforcement agencies. This annual resource serves as a valuable snapshot of the Department’s ongoing efforts to combat fraud and corruption on behalf…
These frauds exploit emotional vulnerability and trust rather than technical weaknesses.
- Romance Scams: Scammers build long-term online relationships with victims, eventually fabricating a “crisis” (medical emergency, legal trouble, or travel costs) that requires the victim to send money.
- Pig Butchering: A hybrid scam where the criminal builds a romantic or platonic relationship to eventually “tutor” the victim in a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment.