Washington, D.C. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a whistleblower award of approximately $625,000 to four whistleblowers. This award recognizes the contributions of each of them, three of whom provided support to the CFTC jointly.
<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a whistleblower award of approximately $625,000 to four whistleblowers. This award recognizes the contributions of each of them, three of whom provided support to the CFTC jointly. One of the whistleblowers received a higher award percentage to recognize that he or she provided the highest level of ongoing assistance and cooperation to the Division of Enforcement.</span></p>
<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced an approximately $10 million award to a whistleblower who voluntarily provided original information that led the CFTC to open an investigation. The whistleblower gave useful information at the earliest stages of the investigation and later provided supplemental information. </span></p>
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued two whistleblower awards totaling approximately $500,000. The awarded whistleblowers separately provided the CFTC with information that contributed to a successful enforcement action.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued two whistleblower awards totaling approximately $500,000. The awarded whistleblowers separately provided the CFTC with information that contributed to a successful enforcement action.