Manhattan District Attorney Announces First Corporate Crime And Antitrust Task Force

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (“DANY”) has formed its first Corporate Crime and Antitrust Task Force (the “Task Force”). The Task Force will run complex investigations into fraud and misconduct by corporations and corporate executives, including antitrust violations, health care fraud, and other consumer fraud.
• DANY describes the goal as systemic accountability. According to the announcement, the Task Force will look “upstream” at the high-level actors, corporations, and structures that DANY says enable and profit from crime, and not only at the individual wrongdoer.
• The team consists of roughly five Assistant D.A.s and two investigative analysts. It is led by a 40-year veteran and can draw on DANY’s career investigators, forensic accountants, and Financial Intelligence Unit.