House Passes Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act
On September 15, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 221-203 to pass the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act (WPIA). The bill...
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IRS Whistleblowers Receive $8.8 Million Award
Two whistleblowers who provided the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with original information about tax violations were issued a $8.8 million...
Senate Finance Committee Calls for Strengthened IRS Whistleblower Program
Following a yearlong investigation into the alleged tax evasion scheme of billionaire Robert Brackman, reportedly the largest scheme in history,...
CFTC Accepting Whistleblower Award Applications for New Jersey Fraud Case
On September 7, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) for an enforcement...
SEC Shows Commitment to Whistleblower Program in Light of Recent Attacks
On August 26, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to approve two rule changes to its highly...
Total Profit of CFTC Whistleblower Program Exceeds $2.6 Billion, New Research Shows
New research shows that since its establishment with the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, the U.S. Commodity Futures...
Former Twitter Security Chief Files Whistleblower Disclosure Alleging “Egregious Deficiencies”
In recently filed whistleblower complaints, Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security, alleges that the company deceived regulators, investors, and...
Congressional Filing Defends SEC Whistleblower Program from Recent Attacks
A recent article by Bloomberg Law attacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) highly successful whistleblower program has led...
Boston Scientific Whistleblower Alleges FCPA Violations
On August 4, Boston Scientific, a biotechnical engineering firm, filed its quarterly report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Whistleblowers Receive $16 Million from SEC
On August 9, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced over $16 million in whistleblower awards issued to two...
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