SEC Whistleblower Office Announces Results for FY 2022

SEC OWB results for FY2022 (annual report, 15 Nov 2022, 9 pp.; top-five chart p. 3, tips-by-year chart p. 5 and category chart p. 6 are images, read by OCR): awards (about $229 million in 103 awards; cumulative >$1.3 billion in 328 awards), sanctions in whistleblower cases (>$6.3 billion, of which >$4.0 billion disgorgement and interest and >$1.5 billion returned to investors), awards in 70 Covered Actions and 8 related actions, five noteworthy matters (Rel. 95384 award and 95486 denial already recorded; Rel. 94789, 94736 and 94860 added as cases without amounts), top five awards (already recorded; per-whistleblower splits given as suggested corrections), presumption applied to more than 90% of awards, 14 Covered Actions with several independent whistleblowers, awards reduced (8 delay, 3 culpability), 2022 rule amendments (event already recorded), tips (12,322 and category chart already recorded; chart of tips by year FY2012-FY2021 and category shares added; categories plus "almost 3,000" uncategorised = about 12,325, consistent with the total), top countries and states named by rank only, anti-impeding actions (16 to date, 2 in FY2022; Brink's, a co-founder and Collector's Coffee described without penalty amounts; Brink's $75,000 liquidated-damages clause is not a programme figure), Fund table (all lines; adds up), $300 million replenishment trigger (rule already recorded), hotline calls >2,500. Dated anti-impeding/retaliation actions added as events. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).