The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Office's Annual Report to Congress for the 2022 Fiscal Year details a record fiscal year for the agency's highly successful whistleblower program. During the 2022 Fiscal Year, the SEC Whistleblower Program received 12,300 whistleblower tips and issued 103 whistleblower awards totaling $229 million. This was the most whistleblower tips received by the program in a fiscal year and the second-highest amount of money awarded by the program in a fiscal year.
“The SEC's whistleblower program continues to be a model of success,” said whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto. “Investors and taxpayers are the biggest winners. Fraudsters are the biggest losers. Congratulations to the hard working staff at the Whistleblower Office.”
“The significant increase in the number of whistleblower tips and awards since the program's inception shows that the program, with its enhanced confidentiality protections, is effectively incentivizing whistleblowers to make the often difficult decision to come forward with information about potential securities-law violations,” said Creola Kelly, Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower. “Regardless of whether a whistleblower is a corporate insider, a main street investor, or an unrepresented claimant, the Commission vigorously safeguards their identity while rewarding eligible individuals who identify bad actors in our markets.”
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