Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program, Fiscal Year 2018

SEC Office of the Whistleblower annual report to Congress, FY2018 (40 pp.): Chief's message (over $1.7 billion sanctions incl. more than $901 million disgorgement, about $452 million returned to investors; over $326 million to 59 individuals; more than $168 million to 13 in FY2018; over 5,200 tips; Digital Realty; proposed rule amendments); OWB staff; awards in FY2018 and top-10 charts by covered action and by award; award process (142 NoCAs; Cerny cert denied); recipient profiles (48 covered actions; ~67/33; ~69% insiders; ~83% internal; defendant shares; seven joint matters; six related actions; twelve foreign); protection (three retaliation and nine Rule 21F-17 actions to date; Digital Realty); tips (5,282 excl. one prolific filer; by year; allegation chart; 39 ICO/crypto tips; Appendix A FY2015-18; Appendix B states; Appendix C 72 countries, 119 since start); over 900 matters tracked; proposed rule amendments (about 100 comment letters; $2 million / $100 million / $30 million award-adjustment proposals); Fund table (new format: Budget Control Act sequestration, deposits resumed, estimated payments; opening balance redefined). Already recorded: FY2018 totals, categories incl. crypto, countries, US/foreign/unknown persons, award totals, sanctions, fund opening, paid and closing balance, nine award cases, three events. Added: US state split (51 labels = 3,304; footnote "exceeded 3,300"), FY2015-17 comparison bars (labels matched to the earlier reports, all 44 accounted for), tips by year, all remaining fund lines (table checks to the closing balance), disgorgement and amounts returned, hotline, NoCAs, country counts, matters tracked, staff, recipient-profile counts and shares, protection-action counts and the split of the $83 million award. Not recorded: proposed (not adopted) award-adjustment thresholds and the comment-letter count (rulemaking detail).