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SEC Announces Two International Whistleblowers Issued Awards

by injuryatworkadvice_rdd0e1
September 26, 2020
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SEC Announces Two International Whistleblowers Issued Awards

Friday, September 25, 2020

Immediately, the Securities and Trade Fee (SEC) introduced two whistleblower awards totaling over $2.5 million. Each whistleblowers introduced info of frauds occurring abroad to the SEC.

The primary whistleblower, who was granted a $1.eight million award for his or her efforts, took distinctive private {and professional} threat when reporting internally. The preliminary tip by the whistleblower led the corporate to launch an inner investigation into the frauds, ensuing within the SEC intervening shortly thereafter.

The second whistleblower was granted a $750,000 award for his or her efforts in reporting securities violations to the Fee. Based on the award order, The whistleblower prompted the SEC to open an investigation into frauds occurring in international jurisdictions.

Since 2012, the SEC Whistleblower Program, which was established underneath the Dodd Frank Act, has issued over $525 million in awards to whistleblowers, together with those that report crimes occurring abroad. The Dodd Frank Act protects the id of whistleblowers who file award claims with the SEC.

“Misconduct occurring abroad can have a significant impression on U.S. markets whereas on the identical time remaining laborious to detect. Immediately’s awards display the distinctive means of whistleblowers to assist the SEC uncover and pursue these instances,” mentioned Jane Norberg, Chief of the SEC’s Workplace of the Whistleblower. “The awards additional verify the energy and vitality of the SEC’s whistleblower program because the company has made an unprecedented eight whistleblower awards within the final month alone.”

Ben Kostyack additionally contributed to this text.


Copyright Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP 2020. All Rights Reserved.
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