CFTC whistleblower reward program Archives

What Whistleblowers Should Know About Reporting Market Manipulation to the CFTC and Qualifying for a CFTC Whistleblower Award

Market manipulation undermines the integrity of the price discovery process and fair dealing between market participants. Schemes that influence market prices through means other than … Continued

How to Report “Pig Butchering” Crypto Fraud and Qualify for a Whistleblower Award

2024 Revenue from Pig Butchering Scams Increased 40% Year-over-Year According to a Chainanlysis report, revenue from pig butchering crypto frauds, also known as relationship investment … Continued

How to Report Crypto Fraud and Qualify for a CFTC Whistleblower Award

CFTC Whistleblower Program Rewards Whistleblowers for Providing Original Information About Crypto Fraud Crypto fraud schemes have caused investors to lose more than one billion dollars … Continued

How to Report Swaps Manipulation or Swaps Reporting Violations and Qualify for a CFTC Whistleblower Award

How Whistleblower Disclosures of Swaps Manipulation or Swaps Reporting Violations Can Qualify for CFTC Whistleblower Awards Under the CFTC Whistleblower Program, whistleblowers are eligible for monetary … Continued

CFTC Whistleblower Report Reveals Tremendous Success for Taxpayers

Today the CFTC Whistleblower Program issued its 2022 Annual Report on the Whistleblower Program and Customer Education Initiatives. The report reveals that sanctions ordered in … Continued

Annual Report of CFTC Whistleblower Program Reveals Continued Growth, Including 961 Tips Filed in FY21

Today the CFTC released the annual report of the CFTC Whistleblower Program for FY 2021. The report suggests that the program is playing an important … Continued

How to Report Spoofing and Earn an SEC Whistleblower Award

Spoofing and Market Manipulation Spoofing is a form of market manipulation where traders artificially inflate the supply and demand of an asset to increase profits. … Continued

Senate Enacts Legislation to Fix Funding Crisis at the CFTC Whistleblower Office

As reported in a recent Wall Street Journal article, the CFTC Whistleblower Program is confronting a funding crisis that could require it to furlough staff … Continued

CFTC Whistleblower Program Helping to Drive Record-Level Enforcement Activity

The FY20 reports of the CFTC Whistleblower Program and CFTC Division of Enforcement reveal that the CFTC Whistleblower Program continues to grow and is helping … Continued

CFTC Announces $9 Million Whistleblower Award

Today the CFTC today announced an award of approximately $9 million to a whistleblower that provided original information that led to a successful enforcement action. … Continued

CFTC Whistleblower Award Underscores CFTC’s Commitment to Incentivize Whistleblowing

In its FY 2019 annual report, the CFTC Division of Enforcement revealed that between 30 to 40% of its ongoing investigations involve some whistleblower component … Continued

CFTC Whistleblower Program Paid $100M to Whistleblowers

The CFTC’s Annual Report on the Whistleblower Reward Program and Customer Education Initiatives reveals that whistleblower disclosures have become instrumental in the CFTC’s efforts to … Continued