Whistleblower's Information and Assistance Led to an $800 Million Enforcement Action On October 21, 2021, the CFTC awarded $200 million to a whistleblower On October 21, 2021, the CFTC awarded $200 million to a whistleblower for providing information that led the CFTC to important, direct evidence of wrongdoing concerning the manipulation of financial benchmarks used by global banks.