The Department of Justice (DOJ) released the details of its long-awaited corporate whistleblower awards pilot program that will prioritize reporting in areas of corporate crime not currently covered by existing whistleblower programs.
According to guidance published Thursday, the new pilot program is modeled on successful whistleblower programs offered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), filling in whistleblower reporting gaps that those programs don’t cover.
