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CFTC Annual Report on the Whistleblower Program and Customer Education Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2019
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What the document holds
CFTC report to Congress for FY2019 (32 pp.): five awards >$15 million (19-WB-01 to -05; cases already recorded, outsider/insider status not stated beyond descriptions); 106 Final Orders on 134 applications (5 granted, 129 denied, 108 via streamlined process); 14 awards ~$100 million and >$800 million sanctions since inception (recorded); 455 TCRs plus 88 supplements, Figure 1 FY2012-2019; 137 non-whistleblower tips (102 + 35 SEC); tip subjects (list, no counts); 31 NCAs; 117 award claims with Figure 2; outreach (8 conferences, 7 events, 61,000 subscribers, 250,000 page views, first whistleblower alerts on four topics: no indicator/undated, not recorded); confidentiality reviews; customer education (out of scope); fund table (checks exactly, incl. $26,149,445 unpaid claims); OIG memo (matches); auditors' report; financial statements incl. Note 5 (award liability $20,280,146, ~$7 million finalised awards in payables, 14 claims under review, possible payments $0-$29,286,750). Not extracted, judged out of scope as fund accounting detail: Fund Balance with Treasury, investments, payables, leave, software, overhead ($1,487,000), budgetary resources, cash flow, comparatives.
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Numbers (51)
- Award claims received117 claimsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received120 claimsFY2018 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received74 claimsFY2017 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received59 claimsFY2016 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received47 claimsFY2015 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received38 claimsFY2014 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received12 claimsFY2013 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received16 claimsFY2012 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards accrued (determined, not yet paid)USD 26,149,445FY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards accrued (determined, not yet paid)Item: Liability for awardsUSD 20,280,1462019-09-30 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards accrued (determined, not yet paid)Item: Finalised in accounts payableUSD 7,000,0002019-09-30 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards accrued (determined, not yet paid)Item: Possible future paymentsUSD 0–29,286,7502019-09-30 · CFTC 2019EstimateUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)Limit: USD 15 millionFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)USD 4,601,490FY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)Item: Total disbursedUSD 8,384,664FY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)Item: Previously accruedUSD 3,783,174FY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)USD 100 million2011-2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (number)5 awardsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (number)14 awards2011-2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Balance of the reward fundUSD 125,439,1622019-09-30 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Balance of the reward fundUSD 158,337,5982018-10-01 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Claims closedReason: Denied129 claimsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Claims closedCategory: No related nca or tcr · Reason: Denied108 claimsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Claims closed134 claimsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Deposits into the reward fundUSD 0FY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Enforcement litigation · Scope: All297 requestsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Enforcement litigation · Scope: Involving whistleblowers155 requestsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Enforcement litigation · Scope: Identifying information34 requestsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Other agencies · Scope: All106 requestsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Other agencies · Scope: Involving whistleblowers41 requestsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Other agencies · Scope: Identifying information18 requestsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Investment earnings of the reward fundUSD 3,206,457FY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Notices of Covered Action posted31 noticesFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Open claims (inventory)14 claims2019-09-30 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Other payments from the reward fundItem: Customer education paidUSD 1,112,843FY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Other payments from the reward fundItem: Customer education unpaidUSD 1,032,369FY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Other payments from the reward fundItem: Administrative expenses paidUSD 2,136,209FY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Other payments from the reward fundItem: Administrative expenses unpaidUSD 1,072,537FY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Sanctions ordered in whistleblower casesLimit: USD 800 million2011-2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Whistleblower tips or submissions received455 tipsFY2019 · CFTC 2019Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
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Cases and awards (5)
- More than $2 million for independent analysis of market data; covered action plus a related action by another regulator.USD 2,000,0004 Mar 2019AwardedUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Approximately $1.5 million; covered and related action; whistleblower had tried to report internally.USD 1,500,0006 May 2019AwardedUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Roughly $2.5 million, reduced for delay in reporting.USD 2,500,00024 Jun 2019AwardedUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Approximately $2 million to two joint whistleblowers.USD 2,000,0001 Jul 2019AwardedUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Around $7 million to a whistleblower who caused an investigation to open.USD 7,000,00027 Sep 2019AwardedUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
About the document
What it covers CFTC whistleblower programme FY2019: Form TCR tips, award applications, awards, Final Orders/denials, Customer Protection Fund table and audited statements
Notes Title wording varies by year (FY2025: 'Whistleblower & Customer Education Report').
Source id usa-cftc-wb-ar-2019 · accessed 3 Oct 2026