Source document
CFTC Annual Report on the Whistleblower Program and Customer Education Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2022
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CompleteReviewed 8 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
CFTC report to Congress for FY2022 (44 pp.; pp. 1, 7, 9, 19-20, 23 and 30-44 are images without a text layer and were read by OCR): 10 applications granted (>$200 million) in 5 orders incl. the ~$200 million record award (cases already recorded); 42 Final Orders on 58 applications, 48 denied (36 streamlined), 36 withdrawn, one anonymous application closed; 36 orders >$330 million and >$3 billion sanctions since inception (recorded); 1,506 TCRs plus 265 supplements, Figure 1 FY2018-2022; 141 non-whistleblower tips (92 + 49 SEC); tip subjects (most about crypto fraud; no counts); 38 NCAs; 152 applications, Figure 2; outreach (4 events, 55,000 subscribers, 562,000 page views: not recorded); confidentiality reviews; customer education (out of scope); fund table on available balance (checks exactly to $269,792,956), last eligible collection; OIG memo; auditors' report; financial statements incl. Note 1N (award exceeded the fund, event) and Note 4 (liability $45,000, $626,476 in payables, 16 under-collected awards incl. four $0 awards, $28,281,924 more if fully collected, 30 claims under review, $0-$579,038,350). Not extracted, judged out of scope as fund accounting detail: total assets ($304,170,269), net position, Fund Balance with Treasury, investments ($286 million), payables, leave, overhead ($925,981), budgetary resources, undelivered orders, net cost reconciliation, cash flow, comparatives.
What it supports
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Numbers (51)
- Award claims received152 claimsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received140 claimsFY2021 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received140 claimsFY2020 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received117 claimsFY2019 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Award claims received120 claimsFY2018 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards accrued (determined, not yet paid)Item: Liability for awardsUSD 45,0002022-09-30 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards accrued (determined, not yet paid)Item: Finalised in accounts payableUSD 626,4762022-09-30 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards accrued (determined, not yet paid)Item: Additional if all collectedUSD 28,281,9242022-09-30 · CFTC 2022EstimateUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards accrued (determined, not yet paid)Item: Possible future paymentsUSD 0–579,038,3502022-09-30 · CFTC 2022EstimateUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)Limit: USD 200 millionFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)USD 203,323,824FY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)Item: Obligated or paidUSD 203,948,824FY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)Item: Previously accruedUSD 203,300,000FY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)Limit: USD 330 million2011-2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (number)10 awardsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (number)Item: Orders5 ordersFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (number)Item: Awards with uncollected sanctions16 awards2022-09-30 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (number)Item: Final zero awards uncollected4 awards2022-09-30 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (number)36 orders2011-2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Balance of the reward fundUSD 269,792,9562022-09-30 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Balance of the reward fundUSD 51,098,1392022-06-08 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Balance of the reward fundUSD 101,075,8462021-09-30 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Claims closedReason: Denied48 claimsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Claims closedCategory: No related nca or tcr · Reason: Denied36 claimsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Claims closed58 claimsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Claims closedCategory: Withdrawn36 claimsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Deposits into the reward fundUSD 398,565,904FY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Deposits into the reward fundItem: Custodial collectionsUSD 398,498,439FY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Deposits into the reward fundItem: Last eligible collectionUSD 242,819,4432022-06-08 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Other agencies · Scope: All152 requestsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Other agencies · Scope: Involving whistleblowers102 requestsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Other agencies · Scope: Identifying information32 requestsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Enforcement litigation · Scope: All310 requestsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Enforcement litigation · Scope: Involving whistleblowers206 requestsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Document requests reviewed to protect whistleblower identityRequester: Enforcement litigation · Scope: Identifying information32 requestsFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Investment earnings of the reward fundUSD 1,350,097FY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Notices of Covered Action posted38 noticesFY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Open claims (inventory)30 claims2022-09-30 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Other payments from the reward fundItem: Administrative obligated or paidUSD 3,288,865FY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Other payments from the reward fundItem: Customer education obligated or paidUSD 1,169,835FY2022 · CFTC 2022Final figureUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
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Cases and awards (4)
- Largest Dodd-Frank whistleblower award at the time: nearly $200 million to one whistleblower whose information contributed to a CFTC action and two related actions (another US regulator and a foreign regulator).USD 200,000,00021 Oct 2021AwardedUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Nearly $1 million to two whistleblowers, with a higher share for the one whose tip opened the case.USD 1,000,00022 Nov 2021AwardedUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Approximately $10 million to a whistleblower whose information opened an investigation.USD 10,000,00018 Mar 2022AwardedUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
- Approximately $625,000 to four whistleblowers, three of them joint.USD 625,00028 Mar 2022AwardedUnited States · CFTC Whistleblower Program
About the document
What it covers CFTC whistleblower programme FY2022: Form TCR tips, award applications, awards, Final Orders/denials, Customer Protection Fund table and audited statements
Notes published_date taken from the upload folder in the URL. Title wording varies by year (FY2025: 'Whistleblower & Customer Education Report').
Source id usa-cftc-wb-ar-2022 · accessed 3 Oct 2026