Vatican Puts Out the Call for Whistleblowers
Posted 02/7/24
International Whistleblowers
This archive displays posts tagged as relevant to international whistleblowers and whistleblower cases arising outside the U.S. You may also be interested in the following pages:
Celebrating Whistleblowers on World Whistleblower Day
Posted 06/23/23
Ontario Securities Commission Report on Successful First 5 Years of its Whistleblower Program Shows $43M in Total Sanctions/Voluntary Payments Thanks to Whistleblowers
Posted 03/13/23
America’s Whistleblower Programs are a Beacon for International Whistleblowers
Posted 09/28/22
Top FCPA Recoveries of 2021
Posted 01/14/22
January 10, 2022
The SEC has issued two awards totaling more than $4 million to three whistleblowers whose information and assistance helped bring about two successful enforcement actions. In the first order, a single whistleblower who reported internally before providing significant new information to the agency on an existing investigation was awarded $2.6 million. According to the SEC, the misconduct occurred overseas and would have been difficult to detect without the whistleblower’s tip. In the second order, two whistleblowers received a joint award of $1.5 million for providing substantial ongoing assistance. SECNovember 9, 2021
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a $24.3 million whistleblower award to Gwang Ho Kim, a former Hyundai safety engineer who provided critical information to NHTSA about safety defects in millions of Hyundai and Kia vehicles. The award under the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act was made in connection with Hyundai and Kia’s 2020 agreement to pay combined penalties of up to $210 million. NHTSA.Hyundai/Kia – Auto Safety ($210 million)
Constantine Cannon represented a whistleblower in a submission under the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act, alleging critical engine defects in millions of Hyundai/Kia vehicles. In November 2020, Hyundai/Kia agreed to pay combined penalties of up to $210 million, the largest such penalties ever assessed against a carmaker. And in November 2021, our client received a whistleblower award of $24.3 million, the largest award ever made under the auto safety whistleblower program. Read more -- Reuters, NPR, CNN, NHTSA, CC.CFTC’s Largest-Ever Whistleblower Award Edges out SEC and IRS Awards and Acts as a Calling Card for the CFTC Whistleblower Reward Program Globally
Posted 11/8/21
Not Wanting to Be Left Behind, the UK Introduces Two Bills in Parliament Seeking to Improve UK’s Whistleblower Protections
Posted 07/2/21
