Whistleblower

SEC Proposes Changes To Two Whistleblower Program Rules On February 10, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it has proposed two amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program. The first proposed amendment concerns award claims for... Read More →

On January 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced three awards totaling more than $40 million to four whistleblowers who provided information and assistance in three separate covered actions. In the first order, the SEC issued an award... Read More →

On November 22, 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced awards totaling nearly $1 million to two whistleblowers whose information led the CFTC to bring a successful enforcement action. Both whistleblowers provided significant information and substantial assistance to CFTC... Read More →

Approximately $1.1 billion Awarded To 224 Individuals Since SEC Issued Its First Whistleblower Award in 2012 On October 29, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of more than $2 million to a whistleblower who provided information that... Read More →

On October 21, 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced an award of nearly $200 million to a whistleblower whose specific, credible, and timely original information significantly contributed to an already open investigation and led to a successful enforcement... Read More →

Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently announced an award of over $114 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance led to the successful enforcement of SEC and related actions. ... Read More →

SEC’s Latest Award Puts Total Whistleblower Awards At Approximately $557 Million To 102 Individuals  Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on September 30, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of almost $30 million to... Read More →

SEC Votes To Adopt Amendments To SEC Whistleblower Program Rules To Provide Greater Clarity To Whistleblowers And Increase Efficiency And Transparency Of The Whistleblower Program Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on September 23, 2020, the U.S.... Read More →

Latest SEC Award Increases Total SEC Whistleblower Awards To Approximately $520 Million Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on September 14, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of more than $10 million to a... Read More →

SEC Has Awarded Approximately $510 Million To 92 Individuals Since Issuing First Whistleblower Award  Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on August 31, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of over $1.25 million to... Read More →

SEC Issues $3.8 Million Whistleblower Award; SEC Has Awarded Approximately $505 Million To 87 Individuals Since 2012 Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making consumers aware that on July 14, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a $3.8 million award... Read More →

Latest Approximately $50 Million Whistleblower Award By SEC Is Largest Amount Awarded To One Individuals Under SEC’s Whistleblower Program – Total Awarded To Whistleblowers By SEC Now Over $500 Million Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on... Read More →

Approximately $2 Million Awarded To SEC Whistleblower – Approximately $450 Million Awarded By The SEC In Whistleblower Awards Since 2012 Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on May 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an... Read More →

SEC’s Award of $18 Million Increases Total Whistleblower Awards To More Than $448 Million, Since Its First Award In 2012 Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that the SEC announced an award of more than $18 million to... Read More →

Whistleblower’s Significant Information Leads To Successful Enforcement Action And $5 Million Award Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on April 20, 2020, the SEC announced a $5 million award to a whistleblower who provided significant information that... Read More →

SEC Awards $27 Million To Whistleblower – Since Issuing Its First Award In 2012, SEC Has Awarded Approximately $425 Million To 79 Individuals Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on April 16, 2020, the Securities and Exchange... Read More →

SEC Awards Approximately $2 Million to Whistleblower – SEC Has Awarded $398 Million To 78 Individuals, Since Issuing First Whistleblower Award Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on April 3, 2020, the SEC announced an award of... Read More →

$450,000 Awarded to SEC Whistleblower Whose Significant Information Helped Focus Ongoing Investigation of Violations Ultimately Charged Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on March 30, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of $450,000 to... Read More →

SEC Awards More Than $1.6 Million To One Whistleblower And More Than $570,000 To Two Other Whistleblowers  Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware that on March 23, 2020, the SEC announced an award of more than $1.6 million... Read More →

SEC Awards More Than $7 Million to a Whistleblower – Whistleblower’s Information and Assistance Deemed Critical to The Success of an Enforcement Action On February 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of more than $7 million... Read More →

On June 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of $3 million to whistleblowers whose tip launched the SEC’s investigation and subsequent successful enforcement action involving an alleged securities law violation that impacted retail investors. The whistleblowers... Read More →

On May 24, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it awarded more than $4.5 million to a whistleblower whose tip triggered the company to review the allegations as part of an internal investigation and subsequently report the whistleblower’s... Read More →

On May 6, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced a whistleblower award of approximately $1.5 million to be paid to an individual whistleblower.  The CFTC announced that it granted the whistleblower’s award application for both a CFTC action... Read More →

On March 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced awards totaling $50 million to two whistleblowers whose high-quality information assisted the agency in bringing a successful enforcement action.  One whistleblower received an award of $37 million and the other... Read More →

On September 24, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has awarded nearly $4 million to an overseas whistleblower whose tip led it to open an investigation and whose extensive assistance helped it bring a successful enforcement action. ... Read More →

On September 14, 20185, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a whistleblower has earned an award of more than $1.5 million.  The whistleblower provided the SEC with vital information and ongoing assistance that proved important to the overall success... Read More →

On September 6, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it is awarding more than $39 million to one whistleblower and more than $15 million to another whose critical information and continued assistance helped the agency bring an important... Read More →

On July 12, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced an award of approximately $30 million to a whistleblower who voluntarily provided key original information that led to a successful enforcement action.  The award is the largest award made by... Read More →

On June 28, 2018, the SEC announced that it voted to propose amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program.  The whistleblower program was established in 2010 to incentivize individuals to report high-quality tips to the SEC and help the... Read More →

Former Company Insider’s Voluntarily-Provided Information Strongly Supported the Findings in the Underlying Actions On April 12, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a whistleblower award of more than $2.1 million to a former company insider whose information led to... Read More →

More Than $2.2 Million Awarded to SEC Whistleblower Who Initially Reported Information to Another Federal Agency  On April 5, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a whistleblower award of more than $2.2 million to a former company insider whose... Read More →

SEC Whistleblower Awards & The SEC’s Whistleblower Program Since issuing its first award in 2012, the SEC has awarded approximately $1.2 billion to 256 individuals whose information and cooperation assisted the SEC in bringing successful enforcement actions. The Securities and... Read More →

IRS Whistleblower Program – More than $499 Million in Whistleblower Monetary Awards According to the recently released “IRS Whistleblower Program Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report to Congress”: Since 2007, information submitted by whistleblowers has assisted the IRS in collecting $3.6... Read More →