Rewards
Two SEC Whistleblowers Receive Over $500,000
On March 1, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of over $500,000 to be split between two whistleblowers. The SEC states that the whistleblowers provided tips that “revealed an ongoing fraud and resulted in multiple SEC...
New Bipartisan Bill Would Save CFTC Whistleblower Reward Fund
On February 24, Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Fund Management Act to expand the whistleblower reward fund of the CFTC. The CFTC whistleblower reward...
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. In announcing the awards, the SEC highlighted the fact that both whistleblowers complied with a new filing requirement. The new...
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 led to successful enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The whistleblower provided significant information about an ongoing...
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, the first since President Biden appointed Allison Lee as Acting Chair of the SEC on January 21, were issued to...
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 available for the first time. Following WNN’s publication, whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn wrote an analysis of the rules for...
Recent SEC Awards Ease Some Fears Around Rule Changes to Whistleblower Program
In recent months, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued whistleblower awards at a record pace. In October 2020, the SEC issued a $114 million whistleblower award - the largest award in the history of its whistleblower program....
SEC Now Accepting Whistleblower Award Claims for Charges Against Robinhood
On January 29, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower posted fourteen new Notices of Covered Actions (NCAs). Each NCA relates to a specific SEC enforcement action and signals that individuals may now submit whistleblower award...
Unlike Media, SEC Can Protect and Reward Stock Market Whistleblowers
Following a week featuring extreme price volatility of certain stocks’ trading prices, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on January 29 that it is “closely monitoring” the situation. Meanwhile, individuals on social media are encouraging insiders to come...
Buttigieg Remains Silent on DOT’s Failure to Enact Auto Safety Whistleblower Program
Pete Buttigieg, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and President Biden’s nomination to be the Secretary of Transportation, has commented widely on the different priorities the Department of Transportation (DOT) would have under his leadership. On January 21, the Senate...
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