The SEC’s creation in January 2010 of a specialized Foreign Corrupt Practice unit focused on violations of the FCPA and led by Cheryl J. Scarboro has been well-documented and discussed. Far less publicized, however, has been the SEC’s opening of a San Francisco unit that is solely dedicated to the enforcement of the FCPA.
Last month, the San Francisco Daily Journal reported that the SEC’s San Francisco Regional Office was putting the “finishing touches” on the new FCPA unit, which is part of the national SEC unit announced in January.
via Compliance Week: Enforcement Action from Compliance Week – » SEC Opens FCPA Unit in San Francisco.
