CFTC Still Waiting for Its Whistleblower Program to Bear Significant Results
After four years, the CFTC has so far paid out just two whistleblower awards totaling $530,000 while incurring millions of dollars in expenses. The agency’s inspector general stated recently that it has opened a review to “to determine the reason, if any, for the limited number of CFTC whistleblower awards ...
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