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…
In yet another tip that yielded a successful investigation, the SEC awarded $500,000 to two whistleblowers who provided cruicial information. In addition to the SEC, other law enforcement agencies were involved in stopping the continuing investor fraud. The press release indicated that the individuals offered the agencies “substantial, ongoing assistance…
The SEC announced yet another award to a whistleblower who helped initiate a successful enforcement action. Jane Norberg, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, stated: “The whistleblower alerted the SEC to previously unknown conduct and thereafter provided multiple submissions, identified potential witnesses, and met with staff on several…
A senior financial analyst at The Walt Disney Company internally reported billions of dollars of alleged financial irregularities and claims that she was harassed and retaliated against for speaking out. In 2017 she filed an SEC whistleblower complaint. Now she is suing Disney. Sandra Kuba, the plaintiff in a lawsuit…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges that GPB Capital Holdings violated whistleblower protection laws by retaliating against a whistleblower and preventing people from going to the SEC with information. The government accuses the alternative asset management firm of being a “Ponzi-like scheme”. Three people have been criminally charged, including…
Two whistleblowers who notified the Securities & Exchange Commission about misconduct that occurred outside of the US were rewarded by the agency today. The SEC announced that it has awarded $5M to these two overseas whistleblowers. Their information about the misconduct supported several allegations that led to an enforcement action.…
The SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower recently awarded two individuals a total of $2.9M in payments after alerting investigators to improper conduct in two separate cases. In a press release dated February 19, 2021, the SEC announced two awards: The first case led to a $2.2 million whistleblower award after…