CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program
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Catch of the Week: Interactive Brokers Pays $38 Million for Failures in Money-Laundering and Supervision
Posted 08/14/20
CFTC Whistleblower Hot Streak Continues with $9 Million Award
Posted 07/28/20
July 27, 2020
The CFTC has awarded approximately $9 million—one of the largest awards ever in the history of its whistleblower program—to an unnamed whistleblower. Because of the whistleblower’s timely tip, the CFTC was able to open an investigation that led to a successful enforcement action. CFTCWhat Potential Whistleblowers Need to Know About the Dodd-Frank Act
Posted 07/21/20
July 21, 2020
Two unidentified whistleblowers will share a whistleblower reward totaling $1 million. While the underlying enforcement action is not identified, the CFTC disclosed that information from the first whistleblower caused it to open an investigation, and information from the second whistleblower, who participated in the underlying scheme, significantly contributed to the investigation. CFTCJune 9, 2020
An unnamed whistleblower has been awarded $6 million for providing what the CFTC called specific, credible, and timely information that ultimately led to a successful enforcement action. Since the agency’s whistleblower program was started in 2014, the CFTC has recovered nearly $900 million through whistleblower tips, and has awarded over $110 million to the whistleblowers involved with those recoveries. CFTCMay 4, 2020
The CFTC has awarded four whistleblowers more than $2 million for jointly submitting a tip that led to a successful enforcement action as well as related actions brought by another regulator. CFTCTop Ten Whistleblower Developments of 2019
Posted 02/6/20
Top Ten SEC and CFTC Recoveries of 2019
Posted 01/24/20
