On November 15th, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower (OWB) released its 2021 Annual Report to Congress that reports staggering statistics for FY 2021 and should sound warning bells for...more
The headlines lit up this month when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its first-ever award to a whistleblower who wasn’t employed by the company on which he had blown the whistle. The award was a...more
Last week, the SEC announced its first whistleblower award to an audit and compliance professional. The $300,000 award announcement noted that the recipient had “reported concerns to appropriate personnel within the company,...more