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Nominee for IRS Commissioner: “You Want to Incentivize People to Report Bad Behavior”
On November 10, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Danny Werfel to serve as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). If confirmed by the Senate, Werfel, who served as the Acting Commissioner of the IRS in 2013 and...
SEC Whistleblower Program “Integral” to Agency’s Record Enforcement Year
On November 15, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its enforcement results for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 2022). The agency revealed it recovered a record $6.9 billion in penalties and disgorgement over the course of FY 2022. In...
There’s Room for Improvement at Uber: Whistleblower Mark MacGann Speaks at the Web Summit
On November 2, Uber whistleblower Mark McGann spoke at tech conference the Web Summit and commented on Uber’s current practices and business model. At the summit, MacGann talked about Uber’s recent statements on its business model and the company’s executive...
SEC Awards Whistleblower $10 Million, Returns “Significant Amount of Money” to Harmed Investors
On October 31, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a $10 million whistleblower award. The whistleblower qualified for an award for voluntarily providing the SEC with original information that led to a successful enforcement action. According to the...
Sherron Watkins Highlights Importance of SEC Whistleblower Program
In a new piece for The Hill, Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins, WNN’s Senior Fellow for Ethics and Policy, highlights the importance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Program among fears of an economic recession. “Amid record-high inflation...
SEC Whistleblower Appeals Award Denial to Supreme Court
On October 17, a former executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case over the denial of their U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower award claim. Victor Hong,...
Trump Media Allegedly Fired Executive for Blowing the Whistle to SEC
Former President Donald Trump’s Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, fired its senior vice president of operations Will Wilkerson after he blew the whistle on the company to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the...
Senator Wyden Views Strengthening Whistleblower Program as a Priority for Increased IRS Funding
On October 4, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig outlining his priorities for the increased funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offered...
Despite Whistleblower Warnings, Facebook is Auto-Generating Content for Extremist Groups
Over the past several years, whistleblowers have filed detailed disclosures outlining the ways in which Facebook auto-generates contents for extremist groups on its site. Despite whistleblowers’ repeated warnings, Facebook is still auto-generating content for banned extremist groups such as the...
WNN Exclusive: FOIA Documents Discredit Articles Attacking SEC Whistleblower Program
This article is the second in the WNN series investigating FOIA documents from the SEC about the agency's whistleblower program. The first article outlined Big Law’s newfound involvement in the SEC program. Read it here. In response to a Freedom...
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