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The CFTC awarded approximately $6 million to an individual whistleblower. According to the CFTC, the information voluntarily provided by the whistleblower.

On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") officially unveiled its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

On October 24, 2016, OCIE published a risk alert noting that the SEC exam staff intends to examine registrants' compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower provisions.

Thousands of non-U.S. citizens, from over 120 countries, are actively using U.S. laws to report serious economic crimes and corruption throughout the world.

Each year at The SEC Speaks, the Commissioners and senior leadership of the Securities and Exchange Commission identify the agency’s priorities and initiatives for the coming year.

On September 9, 2015, Sean McKessy, Chief of the SEC's Office of the Whistleblower spoke at Thomson Reuters' 4th Annual Corporate Whistleblower Program in New York.

On July 30, 2021, the SEC posted 14 Notices of Covered Actions, after which individuals have 90 calendar days to apply for a whistleblower award.

The question of internal compliance is always a challenge when regulators offer rewards to whistleblowers with cash awards. Why report internally when the whistleblower can get paid if they report externally?

Of late we have been saturated with reports of discovery of fraud and corruption of one kind of another in all parts of the world, fueled by greed, easy money, lax enforcement, and modern technology run amok—

On July 8, 2025, the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division announced a new Whistleblower Rewards Program, offering financial incentives to individuals who supply the Antitrust Division with information that leads to successful criminal antitrust prosecutions.

On September 23, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") finalized changes to its highly successful

Yesterday, without first holding an open meeting, the SEC posted proposals related to changes in beneficial ownership reporting and changes to the whistleblower program.

On September 23, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its final rules adopting several amendments to its whistleblower program rules, which were part of its 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking.

This is the third year we are providing our annual Top Ten list of Enforcement Highlights.

Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program ("Pilot Program"), aimed at incentivizing whistleblowers to report potential criminal conduct.

The SEC proposed several rule amendments to its whistleblower program under Exchange Act Section 21F, including clarification of existing rules and technical amendments.

FinCEN's proposed whistleblower program would create substantial financial incentives for reporting violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, US sanctions laws, and related national security regulations, with awards ranging from 10-30% of collected monetary penalties.