- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
The Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded nearly $4 million to an overseas whistleblower whose “extensive assistance” helped it bring a successful enforcement action, the agency announced on Sept. 24.
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