Here are 3 more reasons you may think twice about letting ChatGPT run your compliance program. First, content monitoring. The content that you generate through Chat GPT or any AI service can raise real risks with regard to improper intellectual property, data privacy risks where you name certain individuals or name certain identifiers, and most importantly, remember your third-party risks. When it comes to AI...
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming business operations—but it is also introducing a new generation of legal, ethical, and compliance risks. In this episode, we explore how AI risk is accelerating across organizations, from data leakage and bias to over-reliance on flawed outputs and hidden third-party exposure. Drawing on real enforcement trends and practical examples, we explain why AI risk is fundamentally a human and governance...
Are you actually thinking of turning over your compliance program to ChatGPT? If so, you need to listen to this. AI has to be implemented in a methodical way, a step-by-step program. So let’s talk about those steps. First, you need a governance structure, meaning you have to have an organization responsible across the entire organization for all your uses of AI. Second, like every...
In this episode, we examine the Department of Justice’s declination in the Balt Medical case—a textbook example of how DOJ is applying its Corporate Enforcement Policy in practice. Despite a multi-year foreign bribery scheme involving payments to a physician at a state-owned hospital, DOJ declined to prosecute the company based on its timely self-disclosure, full cooperation, and effective remediation. But the real story lies in...
In this episode, we break down the sweeping shift in U.S. sanctions policy toward Venezuela following the 2026 political transition and the issuance of multiple new general licenses by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. While the U.S. has opened the door to significant commercial activity—particularly in oil, gas, and minerals—this is not a full lifting of sanctions but a highly conditional framework with strict...
The final quarter of 2025 produced a modest resurgence in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) activity following the administration’s June 2025 FCPA guidelines. Whether that uptick signals a sustained enforcement trend remains uncertain. But one theme remains clear: individual FCPA enforcement is alive and well. While corporate resolutions may benefit from evolving DOJ policy and a renewed emphasis on negotiated dispositions, individuals continue to face indictment,...
In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov sits down with entrepreneur and innovator Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com and Soar.com, to explore the evolving intersection of artificial intelligence, governance, and public trust. Paul shares insights from his latest venture, CitizenPortal.ai, an AI-powered civic intelligence platform aimed at making government activity more transparent, accessible, and accountable to everyday citizens. The conversation moves beyond hype,...
The U.S Department of Commerce announced two settlements recently involving export control enforcement actions. First, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed a $374,474 civil penalty against California-based satellite technology supplier Vizocom for unlawfully exporting controlled technical data related to military antennas to a Chinese manufacturer. Second, (BIS) imposed a $1 million civil penalty against Teledyne FLIR, a U.S. manufacturer of...
In this episode, I sit down with Matthew Campbell, whose decades-long effort to seek answers about the death of his brother in the World Trade Center has now reached the doorstep of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. This is not a case about liability for the September 11 attacks. Instead, it raises a fundamental constitutional question: can the UK government refuse to reopen...
Vera is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and award-winning Ethics and Compliance expert who writes and speaks about philosophy, business ethics, compliance, risk, and governance. She is the Executive Director of Boards of the Future™, a non-profit that works with corporate boards globally to advocate for stronger ethics, risk, and compliance backgrounds. She spends time between Milan and Los Angeles and serves as a Chair,...
