SEC Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is With $14M Whistleblower Award
Posted 10/3/13
By Gordon Schnell
It has been more than two years since the SEC Whistleblower Office officially opened its doors. Born out of the Dodd-Frank Act, it was created to help usher in a new day of more aggressive enforcement at an agency that up until recently many believed was very much asleep at the switch. But with all of the fanfare surrounding the new office, and the flood of whistleblower tips that have poured...
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