Can You Get Off the SDN List?
Has OFAC branded your company with the scarlet letter? Getting removed from the SDN list is possible, but it’s not fast, it’s not easy, and...
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20 of 488 episodesEpisode 448: Caremark in 2026 — Where Delaware Draws the Line Between Bad Judgment and Bad Faith
In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov examines how Delaware's Caremark doctrine has matured through a recent r...
Is Your Sanctions Screening Enough?
Are you rubbing elbows with criminals? When OFAC designates someone a specially designated national, or SDN, it’s not a warning label. It’s...
Episode 447 -- Veloxis Pharmaceuticals' $46 Million Kickback Settlement and What the CEP Really Rewards
In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov breaks down Veloxis Pharmaceuticals' more than $46 million settlement wi...
When You Fail to Fix an Already Flagged Compliance Gap
At $125 million, breaking the law can never be a cost of doing business. UBS Bank was hit with a $125 million FinCEN penalty, the largest ev...
Episode 446 -- L3Harris's CEO Ouster and the Board Governance Lesson Nobody Learns the First Time
In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov examines L3Harris Technologies' abrupt ouster of chairman and CEO Christ...
Could Your Routine Customs Payment Actually Be a Bribe?
Is your routine payment actually a bribe? Scolar, an Omaha agricultural company, resolved an FCPA case for over $10 million after using cust...
Episode 445 -- Why Your Organization Needs an AI Acceptable Use Policy
In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov makes the case that every organization needs a written AI Acceptable Use...
Can Your Biggest FCPA Risk Be a Trusted Insider?
Have you heard about the Goldman Sachs banker who bribed his way to a conviction? A federal jury in Brooklyn last week convicted Asante Berk...
Is Trade Fraud the Next Major False Claims Act Risk?
If you think your company can smuggle and fly under the radar screen, think again. When your company touches imports, customs, or tariffs, y...
Episode 444 -- BAE Systems' $36 Million ITAR Wake-Up Call
In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov breaks down the State Department's $36 million settlement with BAE Syste...
Where Is DOJ Taking False Claims Act Enforcement Next?
You think you can cheat the government? The False Claims Act says you’ll pay for it three times. The 2026 False Claims Act mid-year numbers...
Episode 443 -- Nothing Crosses the Border for Free
In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov examines the compliance risks lurking in ordinary U.S.-Mexico cross-bord...
Could AI Use Waive Privilege in Your Internal Investigation?
When using AI in your internal investigation, make sure you protect the attorney-client privilege. A lot of investigators are feeding interv...
Episode 442 -- When Forced Labor Risk Hits the P&L
In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov explains why forced labor compliance has shifted from a sustainability a...
Can You Trust AI During an Internal Investigation?
When you’re conducting an internal investigation and using AI as a tool, you’re risking the use of a shifty informant. Let’s talk about a ri...
Episode 441 -- Severin Wirz on his New Book, "Bribery Beyond Borders: A History of the FCPA"
On the Corruption, Crime and Compliance podcast, host Mike interviews Severin Wirtz, an in-house compliance lawyer (now at a semiconductor c...
Are You Looking for DOJ Enforcement in the Wrong Place?
If you’re looking at the Justice Department and only at FCPA cases, you’re looking in the wrong place. Everyone’s talking about the DOJ goin...
Episode 440-- Chris Focacci: AI, Due Diligence, and the Limits of Machine Judgment
In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov sits down with Christian Focacci, founder of Threat Digital, for their a...
Has DOJ Enforcement Shifted Rather Than Slowed Down?
Everyone’s talking about the DOJ going soft on crime. I want to push back on that narrative because I think it’s incomplete and, honestly, a...