You have found evidence that your company Vice President of Finance has been hiring independent-contractor truck drivers to take toxic waste from the company manufacturing plant, with directions for the drivers to take this waste out to the desert near Yakima, and dump it there, rather than to a toxic-waste disposal site. This has saved the company about $100,000 in disposal costs, so the Net Profit looks better this year. The VP of Finance will be due for a $5,000 bonus, based on this cost savings, although of course if anyone in the public finds out about it, the VP and the company itself could be charged with both state and federal crimes. Assuming that you report these facts to the state or federal government, who will be able to charge the VP with the criminal behavior?

a. the company alone

b. the government alone

c. the government and the company have to agree