At times, enforcement agencies will issue a press release that announces the resolution of a case, but that also elicits more questions than answers. Sometimes the most instructive lessons for compliance, accounting, and internal audit teams can be found in what is not stated publicly.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...