SEC Awards Over $1.7 Million to Two Whistleblowers, Highlights New Filing Requirement
On February 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two separate whistleblower awards totaling more than $1.7 million....
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Hundreds of Arizona Inmates Imprisoned Past Their Release Dates, According to Whistleblowers
According to whistleblowers within the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC), hundreds of incarcerated people are being imprisoned past their release...
Representative Connolly Introduces Bill to Reauthorize MSPB
On February 23, Representative Gerald Connolly (D-VA) introduced the Merit Systems Protection Board Empowerment Act of 2021. The bill, which...
SEC Awards Whistleblower Over $9.2 Million for Related Actions by DOJ
On February 23, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded more than $9.2 million to a whistleblower whose information...
SEC Pays Whistleblowers $3 Million in First Awards of New Administration
On February 19, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two whistleblower awards totaling almost $3 million. The awards,...
Operation Fishing for Funds and the Untapped Potential of U.S. Wildlife Whistleblower Laws
Beginning in late 2011, an anonymous whistleblower worked closely with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to expose a...
Reversing Trump-Era Policy, SEC Authorizes Enforcement Staff to Launch Investigations
A recent move by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suggests the agency will be more aggressive with its...
Advocates Call for Prosecution of Facebook for Enabling Online Crime
On February 13, the Alliance to Counter Crime Online (ACCO) published an open letter urging Attorneys General from 48 states...
Whistleblower Attorney Analyzes Fish and Wildlife Whistleblower Reward Rules
On February 11, Whistleblower Network News made the whistleblower reward regulations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) publicly...
Pay-to-Play Pardons? Trump Ally Offered IRS Whistleblower “Assistance” for Over $1 Million
In December, Whistleblower Network News posted an opinion piece titled “Bradley Birkenfeld Deserves a Presidential Pardon.” The piece argues that...
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