Source document
Order Determining Whistleblower Award Claim(s), Exchange Act Release No. 96381
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What the document holds
SEC Order Determining Whistleblower Award Claims, Release No. 96381 (28 Nov 2022, File No. 2023-17, 6 pp., redacted): $20 million award to Claimant 1 (already recorded), reduced for culpability and a reporting delay of over two years; denials of Claimant 2, Claimant 5 (both contested) and a set of joint claimants (uncontested, footnote 1). Added 3 denial case rows; suggested summary and notes correction.
What it supports
4 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Cases and awards (4)
- Award claim of a set of joint claimants preliminarily denied; no reconsideration requested, so the denial became the Commission's final order.28 Nov 2022DeniedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Award reduced for culpability and unreasonable reporting delay: the claimant took part briefly, at a supervisor's direction, in part of the conduct and waited over two years to report; three other claims denied.USD 20,000,00028 Nov 2022AwardedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Award claim denied: four tips unrelated to the charges; the first was closed with no further action and the investigation was opened nine months later on another person's information.28 Nov 2022DeniedUnited States · SEC Whistleblower Program
- Award claim denied: one tip (about impeding contact with the SEC) was never reviewed by the investigation staff, the other arrived hours before the action was filed and concerned uncharged conduct.28 Nov 2022DeniedUnited 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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