Growing U.S. efforts to hold corporations accountable for bribery and other forms of financial misconduct are likely to result in an uptick in punitive actions against businesses, say three FBI agents.
Federal officials intend to investigate whether financial institutions knowingly laundered bribe payments for several indicted leaders of the world's top soccer organization, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday.
U.S. investigators are increasingly querying the nation's database of bank secrecy information for suspicious activity reports that include mentions of unusual Internet Protocol addresses, a federal official recently told bankers.
The FBI has yet to resolve problems with how it uses special subpoena authorities granted under the Patriot Act, according to the U.S. Justice Department's Inspector General.
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