June 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.  CFTC

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