December 18, 2020

The SEC awarded $500,000 to a whistleblower who provided significant information and ongoing assistance to the SEC, finding that the individual was eligible for an award even though the individual had not submitted a TCR.  The SEC found that the individual had provided information to an attorney, who subsequently used that information without the claimant’s fully informed consent, to submit a TCR in the attorney’s own name. SEC

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