Category: SEC Whistleblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Government Rewards for Blowing the Whistle on Fraud Federal Whistleblower Programs A whistleblower reward is a monetary incentive offered by the government to individuals who blow the whistle on fraud or other wrongdoing against the government or in violation of its laws. The government rewards whistleblowers with a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Commission Issues $2 Million Reward On July 1, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award of $2 million to two whistleblowers who blew the whistle on violations of commodities trading regulations.[1] The CFTC is the government agency […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Commission Issues $1.5 Million Reward Recently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award of $1.5 million to a whistleblower who blew the whistle on violation of commodities trading regulations.[1] The CFTC is the government agency that oversees commodities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Commission Issues $2 Million Reward Recently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award of $2 million to a whistleblower who blew the whistle on violation of commodities trading regulations.[1] The CFTC is the government agency that oversees commodities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Pays Out Millions in Whistleblower Awards Whistleblower information about securities law violations can result in big rewards for the whistleblower when the whistleblower brings the information to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The information must be original and cannot be derived from publicly […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New Ponzi Schemes Years after the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme was discovered, such fraudulent pyramid schemes are very much still around. And some go on as long as Madoff’s.  In a complaint filed last week against broker dealer Securities America, one family of victims alleges a Securities America […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Pays Out Millions in Whistleblower Awards Fiscal Year 2018 was a record-breaking year for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) whistleblower program, both in amounts recovered and rewards to whistleblowers. In fact, the SEC awarded more dollars in 2018 ($168 million) to whistleblowers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER False Claims Act Cases and Alternate Remedies Whistleblowers/Relators Can Share in Criminal Forfeitures Under the False Claims Act (FCA), the federal government rewards whistleblowers who present credible, original information of false claims made to government agencies for payments and reimbursements. The cases are known as qui tam cases […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New Ponzi Schemes Years after the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme was discovered, such fraudulent pyramid schemes are very much still around. And some go on as long as Madoff’s.  In a complaint filed last week against broker dealer Securities America, one family of victims alleges a Securities America […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Pays Out Millions in Whistleblower Awards Whistleblower information about securities law violations can result in big rewards for the whistleblower when the whistleblower brings the information to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The information must be original and cannot be derived from publicly […]