- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2020-02-28T17:07:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the award of more than $7 million to a whistleblower who provided “extensive and ongoing assistance” during the course of an investigation.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the award of $2 million to a whistleblower—its fifth payout in the last 12 days. For the year, the SEC has already matched its 2019 total of eight awards.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it would award $450,000 to a whistleblower with compliance-related responsibilities—a rarity in the program’s history.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of more than $1.6 million to a whistleblower whose information formed part of the basis for charges brought in a successful enforcement action.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning companies against intimidating potential whistleblowers by forcing them to sign broad nondisclosure agreements to deter misconduct from coming to light.
A whistleblower will be paid $37 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission for providing original, credible information that led to a successful enforcement action.
Anonymous employees of OpenAI accused the company of requiring employees to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) that “prohibited and discouraged” them from reporting securities law violations to federal regulators.
