Whistleblower News From The Inside -- November 15, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

SEC issues $20M whistleblower award — It is the third-highest since the SEC’s whistleblower program issued its first award in 2012. SEC

SEC Chair and whistleblower advocate Mary Jo White to step down — “White will step down as chair of the nation’s Wall Street overseer in January, setting the stage for a potential conservative shift in the regulator’s leadership under the incoming Trump administration.” USA Today

Donald Trump’s far-flung holdings raise potential for conflicts of interest — “Just a few blocks down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House sits the Trump International Hotel, one of the newest luxury additions to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s real estate empire, and perhaps the most visible symbol of the ethical quandary he now confronts.” NYT

Russian Economy Minister charged with extorting $2 million bribe — “Alexei Ulyukayev became the highest-ranking official to be charged with corruption during Putin’s tenure as Russia’s leader, and the first national minister to be arrested while in office since Joseph Stalin’s ex-security chief Lavrenti Beria was detained in the Kremlin in 1953.” Washington Post

Transparency International announces short-listed candidates for Anti-Corruption Award — The award “honors remarkable individuals and organizations worldwide, including journalists, public prosecutors, government officials, and civil society leaders who expose and fight corruption.” Transp. Int’l