Tag Archives: SEC whistleblower awards
SEC Issues Record-High Whistleblower Awards
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that it issued its largest whistleblower award ever, breaking the previous record of a $30 million award it handed out in 2014. The SEC split a $50 million pot between two whistleblowers, with one taking home more than $33 million. No further information was provided about […]
SEC Whistleblower Awards Total Reaches $158 Million
In late July, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials announced there were two more cases in which the regulator handed out whistleblower awards, totaling $4.2 million for the two whistleblowers. The total of the whistleblower payments distributed through the program is now at $158 million. One of the awards was announced on July 27 and […]
