Category Archives: SEC Whistleblower
SEC Awards $16 Million To Two Whistleblowers
On August 9th, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two more whistleblower awards to individuals who provided critical information to help bring a stop to investment fraud. These two whistleblower awards are related to the same underlying matter. The SEC has now awarded more than $1.3 billion in financial compensation to 281… Read More »
SEC Waives Rule 21F-4(a), Awards $3 Million to Joint Whistleblowers
On June 3rd, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an Order Determining Whistleblower Award Claim. For assisting in enforcement action, the federal securities regulator awarded a pair of joint whistleblowers $3 million in compensation, to be divided equally between the two parties. Notably, in doing so, the SEC decided to voluntarily waive… Read More »