News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
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Bill Steinman
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Richard L. Cassin
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
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Bill Waite
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Russell A. Stamets
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First came the stunning news from the SEC on May 5th: it awarded a record $279 million to a whistleblower, dwarfing the previous record of $114 million set in 2020. Then last week the Wall Street Journal reported that the award was related to Ericsson’s $1.1 billion FCPA settlement with the DOJ and SEC in 2019.… Continue Reading
The SEC has awarded 123 whistleblowers an astounding $731 million since the first payout in 2012. But what do we really know about the whistleblower program? The SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower recently released its 2020 Annual Report to Congress, and it raises more questions than it answers.… Continue Reading
How should SEC whistleblower awards be calculated? In a working paper, I address this timely question.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded more than $1.8 million to a whistleblower who provided critically important information and assistance to an enforcement action involving overseas misconduct.
The SEC’s redacted award order (pdf) didn’t provide other details about the whistleblower or the company involved.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded two whistleblowers $3 million Monday for providing a tip that led to a “successful enforcement action involving an alleged securities law violation that impacted retail investors.”… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded more than $4.5 million to a whistleblower whose tip triggered the company to launch an internal investigation and report the whistleblower’s allegations to the SEC and another agency.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday it awarded two whistleblowers $50 million in the same case. One award was $13 million and the other award was $37 million.
The $37 million award is the SEC’s third-biggest award ever.… Continue Reading
The SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower received 5,282 tips during FY2018, including 202 FCPA-related complaints.
Overall, tips came from individuals in 72 foreign countries and the United States.
The SEC’s fiscal year ended on September 30.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission reduced a whistleblower award to $1.5 million Friday because the whistleblower was “culpable” and delayed reporting the misconduct for a year.
The whistleblower provided “vital information and ongoing assistance that proved important to the overall success of an enforcement action.”… Continue Reading
The SEC Thursday awarded more than $2.1 million to a former company insider “whose information led to multiple successful enforcement actions.”
The whistleblower’s information “strongly supported the findings in the underlying actions,” the SEC said.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday awarded more than $2.2 million to a former company insider who first reported the information to another federal agency before taking it to the SEC.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission made its biggest-ever whistleblower award Monday. It gave one person more than $33 million, and in the same case split nearly $50 million between two others.… Continue Reading