CFTC Makes Record USD 30M Whistleblower Award

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced an award of approximately USD30 million to a whistleblower who voluntarily provided key original information that led to a successful enforcement action.  

CFTC Triples Record With $30M Whistleblower Award

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Thursday that it would be doling out approximately $30 million to an insider who volunteered information central to a successful enforcement action — the fifth, and by far the largest, award yet from the agency's young whistleblower office.

Largest Award Issued in Commodity Fraud Case

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced its largest whistleblower award to-date in a commodity fraud case.  According to the Commission, it issued “an award of approximately $30 million to a whistleblower who voluntarily provided key original information that led to a successful enforcement action”

Largest Award Issued In Commodity Fraud Case - Major Breakthrough For Whistleblowers Reporting Commodity Frauds

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced its largest whistleblower award to-date in a commodity fraud case.  According to the Commission, it issued “an award of approximately $30 million to a whistleblower who voluntarily provided key original information that led to a successful enforcement action”

CFTC Announces Its Largest Ever Whistleblower Award of Approximately $30 Million

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced an award of approximately $30 million to a whistleblower who voluntarily provided key original information that led to a successful enforcement action.  The award is the largest award made by the CFTC’s Whistleblower Program to date and is the fifth award made by the program.

PLI Corporate Whistleblowing

The Director of the CFTC's Whistleblower Office, Christopher Ehrman, spoke with other regulators on a "Government Regulator and Whistleblower Law Update" panel as part of the Practising Law Institute's ("PLI") Corporate Whistleblowing in 2018 program. PLI has made the program available via webcast live and, later, on demand (subscription and/or fee required).