another record-breaking year. In the
first 8 months of FY2021, the SEC has granted an additional $339 million to 57 individuals. This represents more than a third of the total $901 million awarded to 163 separate individuals since the SEC issued its first award pursuant to this program in 2012. This includes an award of $114 million in October 2020, the largest single award in the program’s history, which was covered in this recent post.
It’s sometimes difficult to get a sense of what warrants these large awards. Typically, publicly available orders relating to whistleblower awards are heavily redacted, especially the subject matter underlying the whistleblower tip and alleged misconduct. However, at the end of each month, the SEC publishes Notices of Covered Action (“NoCA”) for every SEC enforcement action that results in monetary sanctions of over $1 million by a final judgment or order, by itself or together with other judgments or orders in the same action. Individuals
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