Blog Post
Dec 21, 2015
Dodd-Frank Bounties Are Alive and Well - Both SEC and CFTC Issue Awards
The U.S. government has recently paid substantial awards when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”)
awarded $290,000 to a whistleblower for providing valuable information about violations of the Commodity Exchange Act
(“CEA”), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), awarded $325,000 for a “former investment firm employee
who tipped the agency with specific information that enabled enforcement staff to open an investigation and uncover the
extent of the fraudulent activity.”
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