Source document
Order Determining Whistleblower Award Claim(s), Exchange Act Release No. 91903
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What the document holds
SEC Order Determining Whistleblower Award Claims, Release No. 91903 (17 May 2021, File No. 2021-49, 9 pp., redacted): awards of approximately $750,000 (Claimant 1) and approximately $3,750,000 (Claimant 2, eligible on reconsideration) (both already recorded); Claimant 1 related-action claim denied; Claimant 3 denied (uncontested); Claimants 4 and 5 denied after contest; restates 10-30% aggregate award range (rule already recorded). Added: 4 denial rows; suggested corrections (Claimant 2 note wrongly says "over"). Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
9 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Cases and awards (6)
- Award claim of Claimant 3 preliminarily denied on the covered action and on a related action; not contested, so the denial became the Commission's final order.17 May 2021DeniedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Claimant 1's claim for an award on a related matter (details redacted) preliminarily denied because that authority did not use Claimant 1's information; not contested, so the denial is final.17 May 2021DeniedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Award to Claimant 1, whose tip came more than five years after learning of the violations and helped only the action against an individual; the Commission noted the professional and personal hardship Claimant 1 suffered from whistleblowing (retaliation was claimed by Claimant 1).USD 750,00017 May 2021AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Award claim of Claimant 5 denied after contest: the tip was reviewed by enforcement staff when sent but was not relevant to the investigation.17 May 2021DeniedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Award claim of Claimant 4 denied after contest: information came when the investigation (opened on the company's own information) was advanced and added nothing materially new.17 May 2021DeniedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Larger award, after an initial denial was reversed on reconsideration, to a claimant whose earlier report to another authority made the information voluntary.USD 3,750,00017 May 2021AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
Reward rules (3)
- Maximum award shareof monetary sanctions the Commission and other authorities collect, all whistleblowers in total30%Date not stated · SEC 2021United States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Minimum award shareof monetary sanctions the Commission and other authorities collect, all whistleblowers in total10%Date not stated · SEC 2021United States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Time limit to file a claimclaim (Form WB-APP) after posting of the Notice of Covered Action90 daysDate not stated · SEC 2021United States · SEC Whistleblower Program
About the document
What it covers SEC whistleblower award order (redacted public version): award amount and/or percentage, claimants, related actions
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