CCOs feeling the heat of regulatory scrutiny
The threat of increasing personal liability has compliance officers on the defensive, especially in light of the newly established compliance counsel role within the Department of Justice’s Fraud Section. Jaclyn Jaeger looks into how CCOs are dealing with this intensified level of direct scrutiny on their performance.
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