COVID-19 Fraud

What potential whistleblowers need to know about reporting fraud related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic COVID-19 Fraud & the Role of Whistleblowers The government is rolling out massive spending programs and regulatory changes to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and ease its economic fallout.  Meanwhile, businesses of all kinds are adjusting to sudden new economic realities. With this historical government spending, and the material changes in the regulatory and economic environment,...

Whistleblower Successes

Whistleblower reward laws and whistleblower reward programs enable qualifying whistleblowers to recover anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of the government’s recovery. These whistleblower reward laws include: the federal False Claims Act; State False Claims Acts; the Securities and Exchange Commission Whistleblower Program; the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Program; and, the Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Program. We have collected summaries of recent successes in cases brought by whistleblowers, and...

Securities Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the United States agency with primary responsibility for enforcing federal securities laws and preventing securities fraud. The SEC, which was created following the market crash of 1929, describes its mission as being to “protect investors; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and facilitate capital formation.” Securities Fraud Topics How Does the SEC Enforce Federal Securities Laws? What Laws Does the SEC Enforce? Contact...

Our Team

Constantine Cannon's Whistleblower Team has extensive experience representing whistleblowers under the wide array of whistleblower rewards statutes and programs. These include the False Claims Acts (both federal and state); the SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs; and the whistleblower programs covering money laundering and sanctions violations, auto safety, tax fraud and various other areas of fraud and misconduct. We have a long and well-established track record of whistleblower successes, and substantial...

New York Whistleblower Lawyers

To speak with a NYC based whistleblower attorney call 347-417-2192 or complete the encrypted form below. New York Whistleblower Lawyers Constantine Cannon | New York 335 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY 10017 T: 212.350.2700 F: 212.350.2701 [email protected] Get Directions Blow the Whistle Constantine Cannon’s New York attorneys are dedicated to helping whistleblowers report fraud and misconduct. Our team has extensive experience representing clients under whistleblower reward programs offered...

Fraud Regulated by the CFTC

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, regulates the futures markets, the options markets, and the swaps trading markets, as well as the actors in those markets, with the mission of fostering "open, transparent, competitive, and financially sound markets" to avoid systemic risk and protect market participants. The CFTC derives its authority from just one piece of legislation, the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA"). The CEA gives the CFTC regulatory authority...

Washington DC Whistleblower Law Firm

For a confidential consultation with a Washington D.C. based whistleblower attorney call toll-free 347-417-2192 or complete the encrypted form below. Constantine Cannon | Washington D.C. 1001 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 1300N Washington, D.C. 20004 T: 202.204.3500 F: 202.204.3501 [email protected] Get Directions Blow the Whistle Constantine Cannon’s Washington D.C. whistleblower attorneys represent whistleblowers for the same reasons that courageous men and women come forward to expose wrongdoing: we believe in accountability,...

Whistleblower Types

Do you have information about fraud or misconduct? What are the types of whistleblowing? If you have information about fraud and other unlawful activity, you may be wondering about becoming a whistleblower. Who can be a whistleblower, and how? What laws protect whistleblowers? How can whistleblowers receive a financial reward? On these pages, we describe many of the types of fraud and misconduct – across different industries and contexts –...

San Francisco Whistleblower Law Firm

To speak with a San Francisco based whistleblower lawyer call 347-417-2192 or complete the encrypted form below. San Francisco Whistleblower Attorneys Constantine Cannon | San Francisco Whistleblower Law Firm 50 California Street, Suite 1500 San Francisco, CA 94111 T: 415.639.4001 F: 415.639.4002 [email protected] Get Directions Blow the Whistle Fraudulent activity is prohibited by law, but it’s especially troubling when a private company takes advantage of investors, customers, or taxpayers. For...

CFTC Whistleblower Program

What potential whistleblowers need to know about reporting fraud or misconduct to the CFTC. The CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program The Whistleblower Program of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) encourages those with knowledge of violations of U.S. Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to share this information with the CFTC. Under the CFTC Whistleblower Program, eligible whistleblowers are entitled to an award of between 10 percent and 30 percent of the monetary...