SEC Awards Half a Million to Whistleblower under Exception to Dodd-Frank
Posted 03/5/15
By The C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The SEC
announced a whistleblower award between $475,000 and $575,000 to a former company officer who reported original, high-quality information about the company's securities fraud. The award is notable because it is the first award to an officer who learned about a fraud through another employee rather than firsthand.
Under Dodd-Frank, officers, directors, trustees, or...