Two whistleblowers have been awarded more than $6 million by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
금요일에 SEC 공개했다 the whistleblowers provided critical information and assistance in its investigation on two separate financial misconducts.
The US financial markets supervisor said it issued an order for the award of more than $3 million to each whistleblower.
However, in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC concealed the identity of the whistleblowers to protect them.
The agency explained that the first whistleblower alerted the body when they were solicited to invest in a product they believed was being misrepresented.
SEC 말했다 내부 고발자의 경고 문제에 대한 조사를 시작하도록 촉구했습니다.
Subsequently, the said whistleblower continued to cooperate with the regulatory authority’s enforcement staff, SEC said.
The second whistleblower is an insider who submitted a detailed scoop to the agency after initially raising the alarm internally on the matter, SEC explained.
The scoop aided the agency in opening an investigation into the matter, 증권시장 감독 지적했다.
Furthermore, the second whistleblower met with enforcement staff of the agency at various times during the course of the investigation to provide more information on the issue.
$1.3 Billion in Whistleblowers’ Awards
Creola Kelly, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, noted that both insiders and outsiders are very instrumental to the watchdog’s ability to sniff out misconducts and protect investors.
"When confronted with potential wrongdoing, today’s whistleblowers refused to look the other way, but instead, chose to do the right thing by reporting it to the SEC," Kelly explained.
Since 2012 when the first award was issued, the SEC has awarded approximately $1.3 billion to 276 individuals.
Whistleblowers are rewarded between 10-30% of money collected when the recuperated fund is more than $1 million.
The supervisory authority further explained that payments to whistleblowers are made from an investor protection fund instituted by 미국 의회.
This fund, it added, is financed wholly from monetary sanctions paid to the agency by violators of the US securities laws.
“No money has been taken or withheld from harmed investors to pay whistleblower awards,” SEC said in the statement.
Two whistleblowers have been awarded more than $6 million by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
금요일에 SEC 공개했다 the whistleblowers provided critical information and assistance in its investigation on two separate financial misconducts.
The US financial markets supervisor said it issued an order for the award of more than $3 million to each whistleblower.
However, in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC concealed the identity of the whistleblowers to protect them.
The agency explained that the first whistleblower alerted the body when they were solicited to invest in a product they believed was being misrepresented.
SEC 말했다 내부 고발자의 경고 문제에 대한 조사를 시작하도록 촉구했습니다.
Subsequently, the said whistleblower continued to cooperate with the regulatory authority’s enforcement staff, SEC said.
The second whistleblower is an insider who submitted a detailed scoop to the agency after initially raising the alarm internally on the matter, SEC explained.
The scoop aided the agency in opening an investigation into the matter, 증권시장 감독 지적했다.
Furthermore, the second whistleblower met with enforcement staff of the agency at various times during the course of the investigation to provide more information on the issue.
$1.3 Billion in Whistleblowers’ Awards
Creola Kelly, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, noted that both insiders and outsiders are very instrumental to the watchdog’s ability to sniff out misconducts and protect investors.
"When confronted with potential wrongdoing, today’s whistleblowers refused to look the other way, but instead, chose to do the right thing by reporting it to the SEC," Kelly explained.
Since 2012 when the first award was issued, the SEC has awarded approximately $1.3 billion to 276 individuals.
Whistleblowers are rewarded between 10-30% of money collected when the recuperated fund is more than $1 million.
The supervisory authority further explained that payments to whistleblowers are made from an investor protection fund instituted by 미국 의회.
This fund, it added, is financed wholly from monetary sanctions paid to the agency by violators of the US securities laws.
“No money has been taken or withheld from harmed investors to pay whistleblower awards,” SEC said in the statement.
