Category: SEC Whistleblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER CFTC Recently Awards $8 Million To Whistleblower Cases Start With An Anonymous Tip From Whistleblower Fraud In Commodities and Futures Trading The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) oversees trading in derivatives, commodities, options, futures, swaps, and currencies.  See Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Employee Alleges IRS Fraud By Church Complaint Filed In 2019 How Whistleblower Cases Begin The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who blow the whistle on corporations or other organizations who fail to pay the tax that they owe just as the False Claims Act rewards persons […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 30 Enforcement Actions Brought In 2022 SEC Sharpens Focus On Sales Of Unregistered Offerings Actions For Insider Trading And Market Manipulation The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently released a report entitled “SEC Cryptocurrency Enforcement: 2022 Update” that outlines the increased focus by the SEC on insider […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How IRS Whistleblower Program Works Improvements To Program Passed By Senate Protection from Employer Retaliation The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who blow the whistle on corporations who fail to pay the tax that they owe just as the False Claims Act rewards persons who submit fraudulent […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Awards $20 Million To Whistleblower Whistleblower’s Information Led To Enforcement 103 Whistleblowers Rewarded So Far This Year Private citizens can help the government enforce the country’s securities laws and in certain cases receive awards where the citizen’s information aids in prosecution and recovery.  Assistance and information from […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Awarded $20 Million  “New And Critical” Information Led To Enforcement SEC Has Awarded 103 Whistleblowers So Far In 2022 Assistance and information from whistleblowers who know of possible securities law violations are among the most powerful weapons in the law enforcement arsenal of the U.S. Securities and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Non-American Citizens As Whistleblowers SEC Receives Large Number Of Foreign Tips Substantial Monetary Rewards The federal government has four primary whistleblower statutes and reward programs: The Federal False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Whistleblower Program, Section 922 of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER CFTC Announces Several Covered Actions Anonymous Tips From Whistleblower Start Cases Commodities and Futures Trading In 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), Pub. L. 111-203, established a whistleblower program within the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to encourage individuals with information of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Retaliation Takes Serious Toll On Whistleblowers  Potent Remedies In Whistleblower Protection Laws Burden Of Proof And Damages All too often, whistleblowers who disclose fraud to their employers, law enforcement, or government agencies suffer retaliation by their employers.  Whistleblower retaliation takes a serious toll on whistleblowers and their families […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Whistleblower Awards Now Over $ 1 Billion Two Whistleblowers Awarded $114 Million For Assisting Investigation SEC Has Awarded Over 200 Individual Whistleblowers  Assistance and information from whistleblowers who know of possible securities law violations are among the most powerful weapons in the law enforcement arsenal of the […]