In the seven weeks from Aug. 12, when the Securities and Exchange Commission launched its new whistleblower rewards program, until the end of the SEC’s fiscal year on Sept. 30, the agency received 334 tips and complaints—an average of 6.68 tips per day alleging some sort of corporate misconduct.
Now comes the maddening part of sifting through the data behind the complaints for whatever lessons corporate compliance departments can find.
