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Office of the Whistleblower: Press Releases (all years)
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SEC OWB "Previous News and Releases" page (Wayback capture, all years, 115 items, Aug 2012 to June 2021): date, headline and release number of each press release. 98 award announcements: 96 recorded as cases from the headlines (amount where a dollar figure is printed, qualifiers in notes; headlines with the amount only in words, e.g. "Half-Million Dollars", or no amount, recorded without amount; two rows were already in the data: Release 2014-68 and 2020-89). Other items: enforcement actions under Rule 21F-17 or for retaliation, rule proposals and staff changes, added as events where not already in the data (14 events); the 2019-11-04 Collector's Coffee, 2020-09-23 amendments, 2021-02-04 GPB and 2016-08-30 $100 million milestone items were already covered by events. Most of these awards are also recorded from the Final Orders list and annual reports (duplicate descriptions by source, flagged in notes). Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
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Cases and awards (98)
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Issues First Whistleblower Program Award.21 Aug 2012AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards More Than $14 Million to Whistleblower.USD 14,000,0001 Oct 2013AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Rewards Whistleblower With $150,000 Payout.USD 150,00030 Oct 2013AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces Additional $150,000 Payment to Recipient of First Whistleblower Award.USD 150,0004 Apr 2014AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards $875,000 to Two Whistleblowers Who Aided Agency Investigation.USD 875,0003 Jun 2014AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces $300,000 Whistleblower Award to Audit and Compliance Professional Who Reported Company’s Wrongdoing.USD 300,00029 Aug 2014AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces Largest-Ever Whistleblower Award.22 Sep 2014AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): Former Company Officer Earns Half-Million Dollar Whistleblower Award for Reporting Fraud Case to SEC.2 Mar 2015AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces Million-Dollar Whistleblower Award to Compliance Officer.22 Apr 2015AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces Award to Whistleblower in First Retaliation Case.28 Apr 2015AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Pays More Than $3 Million to Whistleblower.USD 3,000,00017 Jul 2015AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than $325,000.USD 325,0004 Nov 2015AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards Whistleblower More Than $700,000 for Detailed Analysis.USD 700,00015 Jan 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awarding Nearly $2 Million to Three Whistleblowers.USD 2,000,0008 Mar 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): Whistleblower Earns $3.5 Million Award for Bolstering Ongoing Investigation.USD 3,500,00013 May 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards More Than $5 Million to Whistleblower.USD 5,000,00017 May 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): Two Individuals Share Whistleblower Award of More Than $450,000.USD 450,00020 May 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Issues $17 Million Whistleblower Award.USD 17,000,0009 Jun 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): $22 Million Whistleblower Award for Company Insider Who Helped Uncover Fraud.USD 22,000,00030 Aug 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Issues $4 Million Whistleblower Award.USD 4,000,00020 Sep 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Issues $20 Million Whistleblower Award.USD 20,000,00014 Nov 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards $3.5 Million to Whistleblower.USD 3,500,0005 Dec 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards Nearly $1 Million to Whistleblower.USD 1,000,0009 Dec 2016AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards $5.5 Million to Whistleblower.USD 5,500,0006 Jan 2017AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces $7 Million Whistleblower Award.USD 7,000,00023 Jan 2017AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards Nearly $4 Million to Whistleblower.USD 4,000,00025 Apr 2017AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): Whistleblower Award of More Than Half-Million Dollars for Company Insider.2 May 2017AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces $2.5 Million Whistleblower Award.USD 2,500,00025 Jul 2017AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than $1.7 Million.USD 1,700,00027 Jul 2017AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than a Million Dollars.12 Oct 2017AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): More Than $16 Million Awarded to Two Whistleblowers.USD 16,000,00030 Nov 2017AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): Former Company Insider Earns More Than $4.1 Million for Whistleblower Tip.USD 4,100,0005 Dec 2017AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Announces Its Largest-Ever Whistleblower Awards.19 Mar 2018AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards More Than $2.2 Million to Whistleblower Who First Reported Information to Another Federal Agency Before SEC.USD 2,200,0005 Apr 2018AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards Whistleblower More Than $2.1 Million.USD 2,100,00012 Apr 2018AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards More Than $54 Million to Two Whistleblowers.USD 54,000,0006 Sep 2018AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): Whistleblower Receives Award of Approximately $1.5 Million.USD 1,500,00014 Sep 2018AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards Almost $4 Million to Overseas Whistleblower.USD 4,000,00024 Sep 2018AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards $50 Million to Two Whistleblowers.USD 50,000,00026 Mar 2019AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC press release announcing whistleblower award(s): SEC Awards $4.5 Million to Whistleblower Whose Internal Reporting Led to Successful SEC Case and Related Action.USD 4,500,00024 May 2019AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
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Timeline (14)
- Head of SEC Whistleblower Office to leave8 Apr 2021ContextUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC proposes whistleblower rule amendments28 Jun 2018Rule changeUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC charges a financial company with impeding whistleblowers19 Jan 2017LegalUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC charges BlackRock for removing whistleblower incentives in separation agreements17 Jan 2017LegalUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Company settles SEC whistleblower retaliation charges20 Dec 2016LegalUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC finds a company violated Rule 21F-1719 Dec 2016LegalUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC finds a casino-gaming company retaliated against a whistleblower29 Sep 2016LegalUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC charges Anheuser-Busch InBev under the FCPA and whistleblower protection laws28 Sep 2016LegalUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- New head of SEC Whistleblower Office named28 Sep 2016ContextUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC punishes a company for severance agreements removing whistleblower incentives16 Aug 2016LegalUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC penalises a company for violating Rule 21F-1710 Aug 2016LegalUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Head of SEC Whistleblower Office to leave8 Jul 2016ContextUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC: companies cannot stifle whistleblowers in confidentiality agreements1 Apr 2015LegalUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- SEC charges a hedge fund adviser with retaliating against a whistleblower16 Jun 2014LegalUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
About the document
What it covers All whistleblower press releases from August 2012 to June 2021: date, headline, release number.
Notes Wayback Machine capture (id_ form).
Source id usa-sec-owb-press-releases-list-2021 · accessed 5 Oct 2026