SDFLA USAO: Please Snitch

 The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida has a new "Whistleblower Non-Prosecution Pilot Program":

The Whistleblower Program is designed to encourage voluntary self-disclosure by individual participants in certain types of non-violent criminal conduct involving corporations, to include financial crimes, corporate crimes, health care fraud, and public corruption. 

In exchange for self-disclosing, fully cooperating with authorities, and paying any applicable victim compensation, restitution, or forfeiture, including returning any ill-gotten gains, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (USAO-SDFL) will enter into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) where certain specified conditions are met. One of those conditions is that the government was not previously aware of the criminal conduct that is the subject of the disclosure. The Whistleblower Program provides transparency regarding the circumstances in which the USAO-SDFL prosecutors will offer NPAs to incentivize individuals (and their counsel) to provide original and actionable information. Incentivizing the disclosure of information will: (i) help law enforcement investigate and prosecute criminal conduct that might otherwise go undetected or be difficult to prove; and (ii) encourage companies to create compliance programs that help prevent, detect, and remediate misconduct.