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Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the Whistleblower Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2025
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What the document holds
SEC OWB Annual Report to Congress FY2025 (11 Feb 2026, 7 pp.): awards (more than $60 million to 48 individuals; awards in 31 Covered Actions; 82 Preliminary Determinations recommending awards), four noteworthy awards (three already recorded as cases; the zero-payment award Rel. 104143 added), five claimants barred (five orders cited), 198 Preliminary Summary Dispositions, 114 Preliminary Determinations recommending denial, Final Orders denying 275 individuals, reasons for denials (text), about 27,000 tips with shares of four top categories, top five foreign source countries named by rank only (no counts), about 12,000 tips from two individuals (14,000 in FY2024), award-percentage factors and the 30% presumption (rules already in the data), awards reduced (8 for delay, 4 for culpability, none for interference), Investor Protection Fund table (all lines; adds up to the printed closing balance). Added the remaining numbers; new indicators proposed: preliminary_determinations, claimants_barred, awards_reduced. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
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Numbers (26)
- Awards accrued (determined, not yet paid)Item: Change in awards payableUSD 104,916,973.96FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)Limit: USD 60 millionFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (amount)USD 170,221,335.88FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Awards paid (number)Item: Covered actions31 covered actionsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Awards reduced for a negative factorItem: Unreasonable reporting delay8 awardsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Awards reduced for a negative factorItem: Culpability4 awardsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Balance of the reward fundUSD 318,540,678.52025-09-30 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Balance of the reward fundUSD 361,813,819.562024-10-01 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Claimants barred for frivolous claims5 personsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Claims closedReason: Denied275 personsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Deposits into the reward fundItem: Prior year sequestration releasedUSD 28,554,863.00FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Deposits into the reward fundUSD −746,199.02FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Individuals awarded48 personsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Investment earnings of the reward fundUSD 16,191,895.88FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Other payments from the reward fundItem: SequesteredUSD 21,961,506.00FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Other payments from the reward fundItem: Inspector generalUSD 7,833.00FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Preliminary determinations on award claimsItem: Award recommended82 determinationsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Preliminary determinations on award claimsItem: Preliminary summary dispositions198 determinationsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Preliminary determinations on award claimsItem: Denial recommended114 determinationsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Share of tips in a categoryCategory: Manipulation28%FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Share of tips in a categoryCategory: Offering fraud27%FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Share of tips in a categoryCategory: Corporate disclosure and financials11%FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Share of tips in a categoryCategory: Cryptocurrencies and crypto asset securities7%FY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Whistleblower tips or submissions received27,000 tipsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Whistleblower tips or submissions receivedItem: Two prolific submitters12,000 tipsFY2025 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Whistleblower tips or submissions receivedItem: Two prolific submittersLimit: 14,000 tipsFY2024 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026Final figureUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
Cases and awards (4)
- Approximately $12 million shared by joint whistleblowers whose assistance expanded the investigation; some suffered hardships.USD 12,000,00010 Oct 2024AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Approximately $2 million to a whistleblower whose information opened an investigation into ongoing investment fraud.USD 2,000,00025 Nov 2024AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- More than $4.5 million to joint whistleblowers who exposed their employer's misrepresentations about an investment project.USD 4,500,00028 Aug 2025AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Award to a whistleblower whose information substantially advanced an ongoing investigation; no payment issued because nothing had been collected at the time of the final order.30 Sep 2025AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
Reward rules (5)
- Amount covered by the presumption of the maximum awardpresumption of the statutory maximum award where the 30% maximum across covered and related actions is $5 million or lessUSD 5,000,000Since Dec 2020 · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026United States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Award is discretionarywhether an award is paid once criteria are met (the amount within 10-30% is discretionary)0Date not stated · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026United States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Maximum award sharemonetary sanctions collected in a covered action over $1 million30%Date not stated · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026United States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Minimum award sharemonetary sanctions collected in a covered action over $1 million10%Date not stated · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026United States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Minimum sanctions or amount collected to qualifymonetary sanctions imposed in the covered action (must exceed)USD 1,000,000Date not stated · SEC Whistleblower Office 2026United States · SEC Whistleblower Program
About the document
What it covers SEC whistleblower programme FY2025: tips (total, by allegation type, by country where given), awards, Investor Protection Fund table
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