So far, the agency has awarded over $430 million to 80 individuals for their help since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible…
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So far, the agency has awarded over $425 million to 79 individuals for their help since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible…
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So far, the agency has awarded over $398 million to 78 individuals for their help since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible…
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Norberg added about the third whistleblower: To ensure that important information about securities laws violations is reported to the SEC when appropriate corrective action is not taken by the company, the rules permit awards to compliance professionals in certain limited circumstances. Here, the whistleblower made reasonable efforts to work within the company’s compliance structure,…
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Jane Norberg, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower commented: The violations would have been difficult to detect without the whistleblower’s information and assistance. This matter highlights the importance of the SEC’s whistleblower program to the agency’s enforcement efforts and to its ability to maximize staff resources. So far, the agency has awarded over…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced last week a more than $7 million reward to a whistleblower who provided crucial information and assistance in a SEC action, including the identification of witnesses. Jane Norberg, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, commented: The whistleblower showed great tenacity and effort in attempting to expose the…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced yesterday that two whistleblowers were awarded for providing timely and crucial information in two separate cases of fraud. Both whistleblowers assisted SEC in stopping fraudulent schemes exploiting retail investors. The first whistleblower alerted SEC of fraudulent actions and the agency awarded them with more than $277,000 for his…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that they have awarded more than $1.8 million to a whistleblower. The whisteblower alerted SEC about a misconduct committed overseas and provided extensive and ongoing cooperation during the course of the investigation, including the review of documents. The whistleblower in this matter provided stellar information and ongoing assistance…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) yesterday announced an award of more than $2 million to an individual whistleblower, which is the highest such award. The award was based on the actions taken by the CFTC and another federal authority based on information provided by the whistleblower. The award is in recognition of the…
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The attorney for Danske Bank money-laundering whistleblower Howard Wilkinson has been invited to testify before the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Financial crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance in Brussels, Belgium as an expert witness on whistleblower rights. Wilkinson, a former employee at Danske Bank’s Estonia office, uncovered a massive money-laundering scandal involving billions of…
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