The Securities and Exchange Commission is awarding more than $104 million to seven people who assisted in a successful SEC enforcement action and related actions by another agency, representing the fourth largest combined award in the SEC's whistleblower program's history.

The seven whistleblowers — two sets of joint claimants and three single claimants — provided information for the investigation by supplying documents supporting the allegations of misconduct, sitting for interviews, and identifying potential witnesses.

"Today's awards show that specific and credible information plays an integral part in the SEC's enforcement efforts," said Creola Kelly, chief of the SEC's Office of the Whistleblower, in a statement. "These whistleblowers provided information that helped enforcement staff detect and prosecute wrongdoing in a timely manner.

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