Wednesday, January 6, 2021 In recent years, the federal government’s financial fraud enforcement priorities have been largely consistent and robust. But in 2020, the pandemic appeared to cause government authorities to focus more resources to combat financial fraud as it related to COVID-19. In 2021, we may see an uptick in enforcement actions because of new priorities set by a Biden administration and because of fraudulent activities associated with the pandemic. As discussed below, there are multiple areas of financial fraud enforcement to watch. Insider Trading Over the last de...