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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission awarded two whistleblowers a combined amount of $2 million Monday for providing the agency with “significant information” that led to an investigation.
The award will be divided evenly between the whistleblowers because they jointly submitted the tip and award application to the CFTC. … Continue Reading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission awarded a whistleblower $2.5 million Monday for assisting “at every step” of an investigation that led to a successful enforcement action.
The CFTC said it reduced the award because the whistleblower delayed submitting information about the wrongdoing.… Continue Reading
The Whistleblower Office of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an alert Thursday asking for help from whistleblowers to stop fraud and manipulation involving virtual currencies.
The CFTC pays rewards for original information that leads to a successful enforcement action with more than $1 million in penalties.… Continue Reading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Monday granted an “enhanced” award of $1.5 million to a whistleblower who tried to report the problem internally before contacting the CFTC.
The whistleblower provided original information that helped the agency understand a “complex scheme” and interview witnesses about it, the CFTC said.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Monday an award of more than $2 million to an individual whistleblower for original information that led to a successful CFTC enforcement action.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced an award of $30 million to a whistleblower Thursday, the biggest award ever under the CFTC’s whistleblower program.
The agency said the whistleblower “voluntarily provided key original information that led to a successful enforcement action.”… Continue Reading
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking for public comments about proposed amendments to the agency’s whistleblower rules.
The amendments would give the agency the power to act against employers that retaliate against whistleblower.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced an award of about $50,000 to a whistleblower for original information that led to a successful CFTC enforcement action.
The award is the fourth under the CFTC’s whistleblower program and the smallest award so far.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission awarded more than $10 million to a whistleblower last week who provided key original information that led to a successful CFTC enforcement action.
The award was only the third under the CFTC’s whistleblower program and the biggest by far.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched a new whistleblower website at www.whistleblower.gov. The new site has information about the agency’s whistleblower program for potential violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.… Continue Reading
The acting chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Tuesday the agency will make its first award to a whistleblower under the program created by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010.… Continue Reading
This is Part IV of a four-part interview with Vincente Martinez, Director of the CFTC Whistleblower Office (WBO). Click here for Part I, Part II and Part III.
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Do whistleblowers have any protection against retaliation under your whistleblowing program?… Continue Reading
