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Private equity firm avoids US charges after disclosing crimes by acquired company

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( June 16, 2025, 23:20 GMT | Insight) -- The US Justice Department announced today it declined to prosecute White Deer Management after the private equity firm disclosed sanctions and export-controls violations committed by a company it had acquired. The resolution marks the first time since the department established a safe harbor policy for mergers that the government has declined to prosecute an acquirer for self-disclosing criminal conduct by an entity it acquired.The US Justice Department announced today it declined to prosecute White Deer Management after the private equity firm disclosed sanctions and export-controls violations committed by a company it had acquired. ...

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