In the wake of FTX’s collapse, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner commented on the critical role whistleblowers play in the oversight of cryptocurrency fraud. CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson told Bloomberg “in the context of the digital-asset space, the value of having those vocal whistleblowers and tipsters is critical.”
Johnson further noted that crypto whistleblowers can report anonymously and that in regards to whistleblower award payments to crypto whistleblowers “the numbers are very big.” Through the CFTC Whistleblower Program, qualified whistleblowers, individuals who voluntarily disclose original information that leads to a successful enforcement action, are entitled to awards of 10-30% of the funds collected by the government.
The CFTC has jurisdiction over a wide-variety of types of cryptocurrency fraud, including price manipulation (like pump-and-dump schemes) involving virtual currencies, wash trading of virtual currencies, and unregistered trading of virtual currency futures. In August 2021, the CFTC posted Notices of Covered Actions for enforcement actions involving cryptocurrency fraud, including a case where the CFTC penalized five companies nearly $100 million for operating a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform without having properly registered to do so.
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