SEC Issues a $4 Million Whistleblower Award
From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:
Since its inception in 2011, the SEC’s whistleblower program has awarded more than $111 million to 34 whistleblowers.
Recently, the SEC awarded more than $4 million to a whistleblower whose original information alerted the agency to a fraud.
The whistleblowing process requires diligence and follow through. The SEC requires unique and useful information that leads to a successful enforcement action. Whistleblower awards likely range from 10 percent to 30 percent of the money collected when the monetary sanctions exceed $1 million. The monetary award given to whistleblowers comes from the investor protection fund established by Congress and money has never been taken or withheld from harmed investors to pay whistleblower awards.
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