DOJ Antitrust Division Launches Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program

The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, together with the U.S. Postal Service, has announced a whistleblower rewards program, its first ever for criminal antitrust cases.

On July 8, 2025, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a whistleblower rewards program for criminal antitrust cases affecting the U.S. Postal Service. Individuals who provide original, nonpublic information that leads to at least $1 million in criminal antitrust fines or related recoveries may qualify to receive up to 30% of the criminal fines recovered.¹ DOJ's goal is to "create a new pipeline of leads" by incentivizing "individuals to report specific, credible, and timely information about illegal agreements to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate markets, as well as other federal criminal violations that impact, distort, or undermine the competitive process or market competition."²