{"dataset":"whistleblower-rewards","resource":"programmes","page":1,"pages":1,"total":34,"page_size":5000,"next":null,"prev":null,"rows":[{"program_id":"can-cra-otip","jurisdiction":"CAN","name":"Canada Revenue Agency Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP)","kind":"reward","launched":"","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"CRA signs contracts with informants who report major international tax evasion or aggressive avoidance; if at least CAD 100,000 of federal tax is collected (excluding penalties and interest), the informant may get 5-15% of it (tiers of 2.5 points). Rewards are taxable. Pages modified 2026-08-11 show it still open (not closed). CRA does not publish regular statistics; figures come from an ATIP request (2019) and a CRA official's talk (2020). Launch (reportedly January 2014) not confirmed in a document read.","source_ids":"can-cra-otip-outcomes-2026;can-cra-otip-overview-2026;can-cra-otip-pia-2024","short_name":"Canada Revenue Agency Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP)"},{"program_id":"can-osc-wb","jurisdiction":"CAN","name":"Ontario Securities Commission Whistleblower Program (OSC Policy 15-601)","kind":"reward","launched":"2016-07-14","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Ontario's securities regulator pays 5-15% of monetary sanctions and voluntary payments of at least CAD 1 million, up to CAD 5 million; up to CAD 1.5 million is paid even if the OSC does not collect. Awards are discretionary; anonymous filing through a lawyer. The OSC announces individual awards by news release; its audited financial statements show payments to whistleblowers each fiscal year (to 31 March): CAD 7.5 million in 2018/19, then between nil and CAD 1.8 million a year; nil in 2025/26. No award news release between Oct 2024 and Oct 2026.","source_ids":"can-osc-wb-eligibility-2026;can-osc-wb-page-2026;can-osc-wb-update-2022","short_name":"Ontario Securities Commission Whistleblower Program (OSC Policy 15-601)"},{"program_id":"gbr-cma-cartel-rewards","jurisdiction":"GBR","name":"Competition and Markets Authority rewards for information about cartels","kind":"reward","launched":"","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"The CMA (formerly the Office of Fair Trading) pays discretionary rewards to people with inside information about cartels, at the end of an investigation; the amount depends on the value of the information and the harm, not a fixed share of fines. Cap £100,000, raised to £250,000 on 6 Jun 2023. Rests on internal policy, not statute (Fisher review). Launch (OFT, reportedly Feb 2008) not confirmed in an official document read; no figures on rewards paid published.","source_ids":"gbr-cma-news-cartel-reward-2023;gbr-cma-rewards-guidance-2014;gbr-fisher-review-fraud-digital-age-2026","short_name":"Competition and Markets Authority rewards for information about cartels"},{"program_id":"gbr-hmrc-informants","jurisdiction":"GBR","name":"HMRC payments to informants (discretionary rewards)","kind":"reward","launched":"","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"HM Revenue & Customs makes discretionary payments to informants under section 26 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; the amount reflects tax recovered, revenue loss prevented and time saved, not a fixed share. HMRC's annual reports print the yearly total for 2018/19-2020/21 and 2023/24-2025/26 (£290,250 in 2018/19 to £1.388 million in 2025/26); other years come from FOI requests reported in the press or relayed by the Fisher review. HMRC does not publish the number or size of individual rewards. Complemented for large cases by the Strengthened Reward Scheme (gbr-hmrc-srs) from 26 Nov 2025.","source_ids":"gbr-csw-hmrc-2019;gbr-moneyweek-hmrc-2025;gbr-taxjournal-hmrc-2012;gbr-hmrc-ar-2018-19;gbr-hmrc-ar-2025-26;gbr-parliament-wq-93208-2025","short_name":"HMRC payments to informants (discretionary rewards)"},{"program_id":"gbr-hmrc-srs","jurisdiction":"GBR","name":"HMRC Strengthened Reward Scheme","kind":"reward","launched":"2025-11-26","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Announced at Autumn Budget 2024 (30 Oct 2024) and in a Treasury speech (11 Mar 2025); launched at Budget 2025 on 26 Nov 2025 with immediate effect. 15-30% of tax collected (excluding penalties and interest) when information leads to collection of at least £1.5 million; discretionary; anonymous reports are not paid. HMRC publishes only an annual total of all informant payments (£1.388 million in 2025-26, not split by scheme). Draft Finance Bill 2026-27 legislation (Jul 2026) would withhold 45% income tax from SRS rewards. OBR-certified costing forecasts extra yield of £10m in 2027-28 rising to £95m in 2029-30. No SRS payment reported yet.","source_ids":"gbr-hmrc-srs-guidance-2025","short_name":"HMRC Strengthened Reward Scheme"},{"program_id":"gha-whistleblower-fund","jurisdiction":"GHA","name":"Ghana Whistleblower Reward Fund (Whistleblower Act 2006, Act 720)","kind":"reward","launched":"2006-10-16","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"","notes":"Act 720 creates a Whistleblower Reward Fund financed by voluntary contributions and money voted by Parliament; a disclosure that leads to recovery earns 10% of the money recovered or an amount set by the Attorney-General with the Inspector-General of Police; rewards also on conviction. In Dec 2022 the Attorney-General said Cabinet approved an amendment to operationalise the Fund, implying it had not worked. No figures on payments found. launched = date of assent.","source_ids":"gha-gna-amendment-2022;gha-parliament-act720-2006","short_name":"Ghana Whistleblower Reward Fund (Whistleblower Act 2006, Act 720)"},{"program_id":"hun-gvh-informant-rewards","jurisdiction":"HUN","name":"Hungarian Competition Authority informant reward (informátori díj, Tpvt. § 79/A)","kind":"reward","launched":"2010-04-01","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"A natural person who gives the GVH indispensable written evidence (or information enabling a dawn raid) of a hard-core cartel gets 1% of the total fine, up to HUF 50 million, tax-free, once the competition council fines the firms. About 20 inquiries a year in 2010-2016; first reward paid in the office-supplies case (Vj-43/2011, fine HUF 1,003.6 million, reward above HUF 10 million). No yearly payment totals published.","source_ids":"hun-gvh-informant-reward-page-2026;hun-gvh-ogy-beszamolo-2010;hun-gvh-ogy-beszamolo-2013;hun-gvh-ogy-beszamolo-2014","short_name":"Hungarian Competition Authority informant reward (informátori díj, Tpvt. § 79/A)"},{"program_id":"intl-eu-wb-directive","jurisdiction":"INTL","name":"EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937)","kind":"protection_only","launched":"2019-10-23","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"European Union. Minimum standards for protecting people who report breaches of EU law (reporting channels, protection against retaliation); no financial rewards. Transposition deadline 17 Dec 2021. Context for why EU countries rarely pay rewards. Jurisdiction INTL = European Union.","source_ids":"intl-eu-directive-2019-1937","short_name":"EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937)"},{"program_id":"kor-acrc-rewards","jurisdiction":"KOR","name":"ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports (보상금)","kind":"reward","launched":"2002-01-25","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Update to the existing row (launch date now confirmed). Corruption rewards began on 25 Jan 2002 under the Anti-Corruption Act (Act 6494) and its decree, run by the Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption and from 29 Feb 2008 by the ACRC under the ACRC Act. Public-interest rewards under the Public Interest Whistleblower Protection Act from 30 Sep 2011 (first paid in 2012 per the 2014 report, or Sep 2011 per the 2013 report); fraudulent-claims rewards under the Public Funds Recovery Act from 1 Jan 2020. A reward (보상금) is paid on application when a report directly recovers or increases public revenue or saves costs; a separate monetary award (포상금) can be paid without a recovery. Corruption reward schedule: 2-10% with a KRW 200 million cap (2002), 4-20% and 2 billion (30 Dec 2005), 4-30% and 3 billion (20 Oct 2015); public-interest: 4-20%, cap 1 billion (2011), 2 billion (2016), 3 billion (2018), 4-30% (19 Dec 2023), no cap (7 Aug 2024); public funds: flat 30%, cap 3 billion (2020), 4-30% (27 Sep 2024). From 29 Sep 2026 all three: flat 30% of the recovered amount, no cap (Presidential Decrees 36730-36732). Yearly figures are in the English annual reports' reward tables (corruption 2002-2024, public interest 2012-2024).","source_ids":"kor-acrc-ar-2015;kor-acrc-ar-2016;kor-acrc-ar-2024;kor-acrc-ar-2025;kor-acrc-workplan-2019;kor-moleg-acad-act-2001;kor-moleg-acad-decree-2002;kor-moleg-acad-decree-2005;kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2015;kor-moleg-acrc-decree-2026-09;kor-moleg-pfra-decree-2020;kor-moleg-piwpa-decree-2011;kor-sbs-decree-2026","short_name":"ACRC rewards for corruption, public-interest and public-funds fraud reports (보상금)"},{"program_id":"ltu-gp-rewards","jurisdiction":"LTU","name":"Lithuania rewards for valuable information (Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers, Art. 12)","kind":"reward","launched":"","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Under the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers (XIII-804, in force 1 Jan 2019, Art. 12) the Prosecutor General's Office may pay a one-off reward for valuable information. The law sets no maximum and no percentage: the reward is to be proportional to the damage caused or that could have been caused, and not tied to a court judgment; a commission of the Prosecutor General's Office sets the amount (Government Resolution 1133 of 14 Nov 2018). Requests and grants: 2019-2022 11 requests, 4 granted, EUR 34,000 (TI Lithuania); 2023: 3 requests, none granted; 2024: 3 requests, none granted (Prosecutor's Office activity reports).","source_ids":"ltu-ti-whistleblower-2023","short_name":"Lithuania rewards for valuable information (Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers, Art. 12)"},{"program_id":"ltu-gp-wb","jurisdiction":"LTU","name":"Lithuania whistleblower protection: reports, status and protective measures (Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers, Prosecutor's Office)","kind":"protection_only","launched":"2019-01-01","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Proposed by extract-whistleblowing-ltu1 to hold the Prosecutor's Office non-reward statistics under Law XIII-804 (reports received, whistleblower status decisions, pre-trial investigations, requests about retaliation, compensation requests, legal aid, consultations, money identified). Rewards for valuable information stay under ltu-gp-rewards. Same pattern as svk-uoo / svk-uoo-rewards.","source_ids":"ltu-prokuratura-veikla-2023;ltu-prokuratura-veikla-2024;ltu-seimas-law-xiii-804-2017","short_name":"Lithuania whistleblower protection: reports, status and protective measures (Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers, Prosecutor's Office)"},{"program_id":"ltu-kt-cartel-rewards","jurisdiction":"LTU","name":"Lithuanian Competition Council whistleblower remuneration (Law on Competition)","kind":"reward","launched":"2019-07-01","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"One-off reward for evidence of cartels and other anti-competitive agreements: 1% of the fines imposed, between EUR 1,000 and EUR 100,000; amount weighs the evidence's added value, severity and the informant's risk. Still advertised in May 2026. No figures on rewards paid found.","source_ids":"ltu-kt-news-law-amendments-2019;ltu-kt-news-remuneration-procedure-2019;ltu-kt-news-reward-2026","short_name":"Lithuanian Competition Council whistleblower remuneration (Law on Competition)"},{"program_id":"svk-msr-rewards","jurisdiction":"SVK","name":"Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards (Act 307/2014, § 9)","kind":"reward","launched":"2015-01-01","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"closed","notes":"Predecessor of the Whistleblower Protection Office rewards (svk-uoo-rewards): the Ministry of Justice could grant up to 50 times the minimum wage after a final conviction or administrative decision, on request within six months; no legal entitlement and no court review. Replaced by Act 54/2019; exact end date and any figures on rewards paid not found.","source_ids":"svk-zz-2014-307-whistleblower-act","short_name":"Slovak Ministry of Justice whistleblower rewards (Act 307/2014, § 9)"},{"program_id":"svk-pmu-cartel-rewards","jurisdiction":"SVK","name":"Slovak Antimonopoly Office reward for cartel evidence (§ 53 Act 187/2021; formerly Act 136/2001)","kind":"reward","launched":"2014-07-01","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"The first natural person to give the Antimonopoly Office decisive evidence of a cartel is entitled to 1% of the fines on all parties, up to EUR 100,000, once the decision is final and fines paid (50%, max EUR 10,000, if fines go unpaid). Introduced 1 Jul 2014; kept in the 2021 Competition Act. Annual reports 2014-2024 report no reward paid.","source_ids":"svk-pmu-vs-2014;svk-zz-2021-187-competition-act","short_name":"Slovak Antimonopoly Office reward for cartel evidence (§ 53 Act 187/2021; formerly Act 136/2001)"},{"program_id":"svk-uoo","jurisdiction":"SVK","name":"Slovakia Whistleblower Protection Office: protection, reports and enforcement (Act No. 54/2019)","kind":"protection_only","launched":"2021-09-02","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Proposed by extract-wb-priority to hold the Office's non-reward statistics (reports received, protected statuses, consent and suspension proceedings, inspections, fines), keeping svk-uoo-rewards for reward requests. The Office's existence was threatened by a December 2025 law suspended by the Constitutional Court.","source_ids":"svk-uoo-vs-2021;svk-uoo-vs-2022;svk-uoo-vs-2023;svk-uoo-vs-2024;svk-uoo-vs-2025","short_name":"Slovakia Whistleblower Protection Office: protection, reports and enforcement (Act No. 54/2019)"},{"program_id":"svk-uoo-rewards","jurisdiction":"SVK","name":"Slovakia Whistleblower Protection Office rewards (Act No. 54/2019)","kind":"reward","launched":"2021","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"The Whistleblower Protection Office (Úrad na ochranu oznamovateľov) may grant a reward of up to 50 times the minimum wage for a qualified report once an indictment is filed or an administrative offence is finally decided; the reward is not a legal entitlement and depends on merit, lost earnings and assets protected or recovered. Fixed cap, not a share of money recovered. Annual reports 2021-2025 show 7 requests in total and no reward granted (2 still pending at end-2025). From 2015 the Ministry of Justice handled rewards under Act 307/2014 (svk-msr-rewards). launched = Office's first reward requests (Sept 2021).","source_ids":"svk-uoo-vs-2021;svk-uoo-vs-2022;svk-uoo-vs-2023;svk-uoo-vs-2024;svk-uoo-vs-2025","short_name":"Slovakia Whistleblower Protection Office rewards (Act No. 54/2019)"},{"program_id":"twn-moj-corruption-rewards","jurisdiction":"TWN","name":"Taiwan Ministry of Justice rewards for reporting corruption (獎勵保護檢舉貪污瀆職辦法)","kind":"reward","launched":"","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Rewards for reporting corruption and malfeasance by officials, paid when a court convicts: one third after a first conviction, the rest when final. Amounts follow a schedule by sentence, not a share of money recovered (unlike most programmes here); +50% if more than five offenders convicted, max NT$10 million per case. No reward for anonymous reports. The Agency Against Corruption publishes yearly reward statistics (data.gov.tw dataset 134551), but its site could not be reached from here.","source_ids":"twn-moj-reward-regulation-2019;twn-moj-reward-regulation-en-2019","short_name":"Taiwan Ministry of Justice rewards for reporting corruption (獎勵保護檢舉貪污瀆職辦法)"},{"program_id":"usa-25usc201-qui-tam","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"Indian protection qui tam (25 U.S.C. 201)","kind":"reward","launched":"1834","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Proposed by extract-whistleblowing-usa2. Penalties under the Indian-protection provisions of title 28 of the Revised Statutes (unlicensed trading, grazing livestock on Indian land, settling, distilleries, land purchases) are recovered half for the informer who sues and half for the United States (all to the US if it sues first). CRS calls such suits \"relatively rare\". One of the two surviving federal qui tam statutes per CRS (2021).","source_ids":"usa-crs-r40785-2021","short_name":"Indian protection qui tam (25 U.S.C. 201)"},{"program_id":"usa-caag-fca","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"California False Claims Act qui tam (Government Code §12650 et seq.)","kind":"reward","launched":"","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"California's false claims act, enforced by the Attorney General's False Claims Unit (Corporate Fraud Section) and the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse, or by local prosecutors. Whistleblowers can file qui tam suits under seal and share in recoveries. HHS-OIG-approved for the section 1909 incentive. The AG publishes no annual series of recoveries or relator awards; only a ten-year cumulative figure (2026 press release) was found. Enactment date and award percentages not read from an official text here.","source_ids":"usa-caag-pr-fraud-recoveries-2026;usa-hhsoig-state-fca-reviews-2026","short_name":"California False Claims Act qui tam (Government Code §12650 et seq.)"},{"program_id":"usa-cftc-wb","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"CFTC Whistleblower Program (Whistleblower Office)","kind":"reward","launched":"2011-10-24","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Created by Dodd-Frank Act s.748 (CEA s.23, 7 U.S.C. 26), signed 21 July 2010; Part 165 rules effective 24 Oct 2011, amended 2017 and 2024. Pays 10-30% of sanctions collected in CFTC actions over $1 million (and related actions). Awards and the customer education office are paid from the Customer Protection Fund, refilled from sanctions only when its balance is $100 million or less. First award paid FY2014.","source_ids":"usa-cftc-wb-ar-2011;usa-ecfr-17cfr165-2026;usa-uscode-7usc26-2023","short_name":"CFTC Whistleblower Program (Whistleblower Office)"},{"program_id":"usa-doj-apps","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) whistleblower awards","kind":"reward","launched":"1980-10-21","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Under 33 U.S.C. 1908(a) a court may pay up to half of a criminal fine to the person whose information led to the conviction (often crew members reporting illegal oil discharges); the Coast Guard/EPA may pay up to half of civil penalties. Awards are decided case by case in court; DOJ publishes no totals.","source_ids":"usa-doj-enrd-ecs-bulletin-2016-05;usa-uscode-33usc1908-2023","short_name":"Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) whistleblower awards"},{"program_id":"usa-doj-atr-wb","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"Antitrust Division Whistleblower Rewards Program (with USPS)","kind":"reward","launched":"2025-07","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Partnership of DOJ's Antitrust Division, the Postal Inspection Service and the USPS Inspector General (MOU of May 2025). Original information on criminal antitrust and related offences affecting the Postal Service that leads to a fine or recovery of at least $1 million: presumptive award 15-30 percent of the fine, paid by USPS from the part of the fine remitted to it. First award: $1 million (Jan 2026).","source_ids":"usa-doj-atr-pr-first-wb-award-2026;usa-doj-atr-usps-wb-mou-2025;usa-doj-atr-wb-page-2026","short_name":"Antitrust Division Whistleblower Rewards Program (with USPS)"},{"program_id":"usa-doj-cwap","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"DOJ Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (CWA)","kind":"reward","launched":"2024-08-01","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Criminal Division pilot (three years from 1 Aug 2024), run by the Money Laundering, Narcotics and Forfeiture Section, paying awards out of forfeited assets under 28 U.S.C. 524(c): up to 30% of the first $100 million of net proceeds forfeited and up to 5% of $100-500 million, if forfeiture exceeds $1 million. Subject areas widened in May 2025. Over 1,800 tips by August 2026; no award announced (claim forms 'available soon').","source_ids":"usa-doj-cwap-factsheet-2026;usa-doj-cwap-guidance-2024;usa-doj-cwap-guidance-2026;usa-doj-cwap-page-2026","short_name":"DOJ Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (CWA)"},{"program_id":"usa-doj-firrea-decl","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"FIRREA / Financial Institutions Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act declarations (bank fraud)","kind":"reward","launched":"1990-11-29","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"","notes":"12 U.S.C. 4201-4205: a person may file a confidential declaration of bank-fraud violations (FIRREA civil penalties, 12 U.S.C. 1833a) with the Attorney General and is entitled to 20-30% of the first $1 million recovered, 10-20% of the next $4 million and 5-10% of the next $5 million; discretionary rewards after criminal convictions. DOJ publishes no statistics; status unclear.","source_ids":"usa-uscode-12usc4201-2024;usa-uscode-12usc4205-2024","short_name":"FIRREA / Financial Institutions Anti-Fraud Enforcement Act declarations (bank fraud)"},{"program_id":"usa-fca-qui-tam","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"False Claims Act qui tam provisions (31 U.S.C. 3729-3733)","kind":"reward","launched":"1863-03-02","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"A private person (relator) files a False Claims Act suit on behalf of the United States, under seal. The Justice Department (Civil Division and U.S. Attorneys) investigates and decides whether to intervene; if it declines, the relator may pursue the case alone. A successful relator receives a share of the government's recovery set by statute: 15-25% if the government proceeds, 25-30% if it does not (since 1986). Originally enacted in 1863 (half of the recovery), cut back in 1943, revived by the 1986 amendments. Relator shares are paid out of the recovery, by court order or settlement. Constitutionality of qui tam challenged in Zafirov (M.D. Fla. 2024, vacated by the 11th Circuit on September 1, 2026). Statistics: DOJ Civil Division \"Fraud Statistics - Overview\", FY1987 onward.","source_ids":"usa-crs-r40785-2021;usa-doj-fca-stats-2025;usa-pl-99-562-1986;usa-uscode-31-3730-2023","short_name":"False Claims Act qui tam provisions (31 U.S.C. 3729-3733)"},{"program_id":"usa-fincen-aml-wb","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"FinCEN Whistleblower Program (AML and sanctions)","kind":"reward","launched":"2021-01-01","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Run by FinCEN's Office of the Whistleblower under 31 U.S.C. 5323 (AML Act of 2020, sec. 6314; AML Whistleblower Improvement Act, Dec 2022). Tips on Bank Secrecy Act, sanctions (IEEPA, TWEA) and Kingpin Act violations leading to Treasury or DOJ actions with sanctions over $1 million can earn 10-30 percent of what is collected, paid from the Financial Integrity Fund. FinCEN accepts tips but has paid no awards: it says it will start once its rule is final (proposed 1 April 2026). It publishes no annual report; tip counts come from the NPRM's economic analysis. A smaller informant-reward provision (up to 25 percent, max $150,000) existed in the same section from 1984 to 2020.","source_ids":"usa-fincen-wb-nprm-2026;usa-fincen-wb-page-2026;usa-uscode-31usc5323-2018;usa-uscode-31usc5323-2021;usa-uscode-31usc5323-2023","short_name":"FinCEN Whistleblower Program (AML and sanctions)"},{"program_id":"usa-ilag-fca","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"Illinois False Claims Act qui tam (740 ILCS 175)","kind":"reward","launched":"","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Illinois's false claims act (formerly the Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act, per secondary sources), enforced by the Attorney General; amended in July 2010 (HB 5951). HHS-OIG-approved for the section 1909 incentive. No official series of recoveries or relator awards was found.","source_ids":"usa-hhsoig-state-fca-reviews-2026;usa-ilag-pr-fca-amended-2010","short_name":"Illinois False Claims Act qui tam (740 ILCS 175)"},{"program_id":"usa-irs-wbo","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"IRS Whistleblower Program (Whistleblower Office), 26 U.S.C. § 7623","kind":"reward","launched":"2006-12-20","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Section 7623(b) (Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, § 406) makes awards of 15-30% of proceeds mandatory when proceeds in dispute exceed $2 million (and, for individuals, gross income over $200,000); appealable to the Tax Court. Smaller cases fall under the discretionary section 7623(a), whose roots go back to an 1867 informant-reward law; before 2006 the IRS ran it as the Informant Claims Program (awards of 1%, 10% or 15%, generally capped at $10 million, under Policy Statement P-4-27). This file keeps the pre-2006 informant-reward figures (FY2003-FY2007) under the same program_id because the legal authority (now 7623(a)) is continuous; split it out (e.g. usa-irs-informant) if preferred. Whistleblower Office set up in early 2007 (first director appointed 2 Feb 2007). Since 2018 proceeds include criminal fines, forfeitures and reporting-requirement (FBAR-type) penalties; since 2019 the Taxpayer First Act adds status notices and anti-retaliation protection (7623(d)). Award payments are subject to sequestration (5.7-8.7% a year since March 2013).","source_ids":"usa-irs-wbo-ar-fy2024;usa-irs-wbo-first-report-2008;usa-uscode-26usc7623-2023","short_name":"IRS Whistleblower Program (Whistleblower Office), 26 U.S.C. § 7623"},{"program_id":"usa-nhtsa-wb","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"NHTSA Whistleblower Program (motor vehicle safety)","kind":"reward","launched":"2015-12-04","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"49 U.S.C. 30172 (FAST Act 2015). Employees or contractors of vehicle makers, parts suppliers or dealers whose original information leads to a resolved NHTSA/DOJ action with sanctions over $1 million can get 10-30 percent of collected sanctions. Rules at 49 CFR Part 513 effective 16 Jan 2025. One award to date in NHTSA's published list: $24.3 million (Nov 2021, Hyundai/Kia). No annual report found.","source_ids":"usa-nhtsa-wb-finalrule-2024;usa-nhtsa-wb-page-2026;usa-uscode-49usc30172-2023","short_name":"NHTSA Whistleblower Program (motor vehicle safety)"},{"program_id":"usa-nyag-fca","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"New York False Claims Act qui tam (State Finance Law §§187-194)","kind":"reward","launched":"","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"New York State's own false claims act, enforced by the Attorney General (Medicaid cases by its Medicaid Fraud Control Unit). Whistleblowers (qui tam plaintiffs) get 15-25 percent of the state's recovery if the state or a local government takes over the case, 25-30 percent if they pursue it alone, and at most 10 percent when the case rests mainly on public information. HHS-OIG has approved the law for the section 1909 Medicaid incentive, so New York keeps an extra 10 percentage points of Medicaid recoveries. Since 2019 the AG must report MFCU recoveries under the act to the Legislature every April; only the 2018-2020 letters were found (released under FOIL). Enactment date not confirmed from an official text read here.","source_ids":"usa-hhsoig-state-fca-reviews-2026;usa-nyag-mfcu-fca-letters-2019-2021;usa-nyag-nyfca-text-2018","short_name":"New York False Claims Act qui tam (State Finance Law §§187-194)"},{"program_id":"usa-sec-wb","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"SEC Whistleblower Program (Office of the Whistleblower)","kind":"reward","launched":"2011-08-12","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Created by Dodd-Frank Act s.922 (Exchange Act s.21F, 15 U.S.C. 78u-6), signed 21 July 2010; Regulation 21F effective 12 Aug 2011. Pays 10-30% of monetary sanctions collected in SEC actions over $1 million (and related actions) to people who voluntarily give original information. Awards come from the Investor Protection Fund, financed by SEC sanctions. Tips can be anonymous through a lawyer. Rules amended 2020 (presumption of maximum award up to $5m, DPAs/NPAs count) and 2022.","source_ids":"usa-ecfr-17cfr240-21f-2026;usa-sec-owb-ar-2011;usa-uscode-15usc78u-6-2023","short_name":"SEC Whistleblower Program (Office of the Whistleblower)"},{"program_id":"usa-treasury-karrp","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Pilot Program (Treasury)","kind":"reward","launched":"2022-03","legal_basis":"","ended":"2024-01-01","status":"closed","notes":"Treasury pilot created by the FY21 NDAA (sec. 9703): rewards up to $5 million (more with the Secretary's personal approval) for information leading to restraint, seizure, forfeiture or repatriation of stolen assets linked to foreign government corruption; $25 million a year cap. Launched March 2022, lapsed 1 Jan 2024. H.R. 5344 (2025) would revive it. No reward payments found. 'ended' is the lapse date; the Treasury page says it no longer accepts information.","source_ids":"usa-house-rpt-119-370-2025;usa-pl-116-283-ndaa-fy2021;usa-treasury-karrp-page-2026","short_name":"Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Pilot Program (Treasury)"},{"program_id":"usa-txag-tmfpa","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act qui tam (Human Resources Code ch. 36)","kind":"reward","launched":"","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Texas's Medicaid-only false claims law, enforced by the Attorney General's Civil Medicaid Fraud Division (renamed Healthcare Program Enforcement Division in FY2024). Private persons can file qui tam suits and share in recoveries. Yearly division totals (all cases, not only qui tam) are published in the Joint Annual Interagency Coordination Report of the Texas HHS Inspector General and the AG (Texas Government Code 531.103), Texas fiscal year September-August. HHS-OIG-approved for the section 1909 incentive. Relator awards are not reported separately; award percentages not read from the statute here (texas.gov statute site did not answer scripts).","source_ids":"usa-hhsoig-state-fca-reviews-2026;usa-tx-joint-coord-report-fy2016;usa-tx-joint-coord-report-fy2025;usa-txag-pr-cmf-shire-2023","short_name":"Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act qui tam (Human Resources Code ch. 36)"},{"program_id":"usa-wildlife-rewards","jurisdiction":"USA","name":"Wildlife trafficking rewards (FWS and NOAA; Lacey Act, Endangered Species Act and others)","kind":"reward","launched":"1983-10-01","legal_basis":"","ended":"","status":"active","notes":"Several wildlife laws let the Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA pay rewards from fines and forfeitures; amounts are set by the agency, with no fixed percentage. GAO found 27 rewards totalling $205,500 in FY2007-FY2017 and little publicity. launched = Lacey Act reward clause start ('beginning in fiscal year 1983').","source_ids":"usa-gao-18-279-2018;usa-uscode-16usc3375-2024","short_name":"Wildlife trafficking rewards (FWS and NOAA; Lacey Act, Endangered Species Act and others)"}]}