The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it awarded a whistleblower $4.2 million for critical and original information that led to a successful enforcement action. The individual tipped the SEC regarding specific possible violations of the federal securities laws that, in turn, caused an investigation to be opened. Once…
The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its latest award of $9.2 million to a helpful whistleblower who offered assistance at their own expense. This individual traveled to be personally interviewed by the US Department of Justice, and paid for their travel out-of-pocket. As a result, their information led to…
A whistleblower who filed an internal report prior submitting a tip to the SEC has been awarded $500,000 by the agency. The information provided by the whistleblower gave the SEC and another agency what they needed to file actions quickly in order to stop a continuing fraudulent scheme. The individual…
The SEC has awarded two individuals more than $3M related to two agency separate enforcement actions. In the first, the agency awarded $3.2M to one individual who alerted the SEC to certain violations. The individual also gave the SEC crucial subject matter expertise, which conserved agency resources, as well as…
The SEC today awarded a whistleblower a sum of $28M after providing the SEC with information that led to a successful enforcement action and a second related action with another federal agency. The second agency was not identified. As a result of the informant’s information, both the SEC and the…
In two separate cases, the SEC has awarded four individuals sums that total over $31 million for critical information that led to successful enforcement actions. The first award of $27 million went to two individuals who not only provided the agency with vital information, they offered continual assistance and met…
Scott Silver, a whistleblower attorney and publisher of secwhistleblowerlawyers.net, was recently featured in a video on financialadvisoriq.com about the potential risks of becoming a whistleblower. Boca Raton attorney James Sallah was also featured in the video. Scott Silver and James Sallah frequently collaborate on cases and recently represented an SEC…
The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today the award of $3.6 million to a whistleblower whose assistance helped the agency with another case. The individual offered “valuable information” to the agency’s attention, leading to a new investigation of wrongdoing and violations of federal securities laws. The whistleblower’s sustained assistance…
The SEC announced today that it has awarded $22 million to two individuals who provided “information and assistance” to the agency that resulted in a successful enforcement action against a financial services firm. The first whistleblower received a whopping $18 million award due to being the original source of information…
The US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) recently awarded $1.7 million to two whistleblowers who provided critical information within 30 days via Form TCR (Tip, Complaint or Referral). Both provided their information in accordance with the new Securities and Exchange Act Rule 21F-9(e). The first award saw a whistleblower receive…