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Timely Whistleblowing Pays Off in Large-Scale Financial Fraud Case: SEC Whistleblowers Receive Awards of $18 million and $4 Million | JD Supra
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced whistleblowers awards totaling approximately $22 million issued to two anonymous individuals who provided information to the Commission of an ongoing fraud occurring at a financial services firm. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the information at hand, the SEC leaves out any company names in all public documents.
Whistleblower Attorney Colapinto Reflects on Career
Boston University (BU) College of the Arts and Sciences recently profiled whistleblower attorney David Colapinto, partner at the qui tam law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto (KKC). Colapinto, who is a BU alum and co-founder of the National Whistleblower Center, has been representing whistleblowers for over thirty years.
SEC Awards Retail Investor Fraud Whistleblower $18 Million
About the Whistleblower Blog The Whistleblower Blog is an editorially independent news and information source, sponsored by a pro bono public service project by Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP. The blog highlights important news, legal developments and policy issues critical to whistleblowers and their advocates, both in the United States and internationally.
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SEC Continues To Pay Whistleblower Rewards Despite Coronavirus Closures
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Ground Breaking Decision In Federal Appeals Court Protects Whistleblowers And Civil Rights Plaintiffs From Excessive Court Costs
United States: Ground Breaking Decision In Federal Appeals Court Protects Whistleblowers And Civil Rights Plaintiffs From Excessive Court Costs 16 April 2020 Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.
DOJ Makes Arrest in Fight Against Fraudulent COVID-19 Products
Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it arrested an individual who was selling fake products on eBay claiming it would protect against viruses. This enforcement action is the latest in the DOJ’s plan to combat frauds related to the coronavirus crisis. In late March, the DOJ announced its first charge against a COVID-19 fraudster.
CFPB Whistleblower Program Proposes Adding Financial Awards
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) has proposed adding monetary rewards to its whistleblower program. In a recent submission to U.S. Congress, the Bureau said it is aiming to incentivize whistleblowers to provide information to the CFPB whistleblower program about wrongdoing to the Bureau voluntarily.
SEC Whistleblower Receives $7 Million for Assisting in Investigation
Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award of $7 million given to an individual whose information and assistance was critical to an investigation.
KKC Calls for Action after Threats to Whistleblower Lawyer
Today, federal prosecutors in Michigan charged a man with making a death threat against an attorney representing the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint sparked the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. “All traitors must die miserable deaths,” read the email sent to attorney Mark Zaid in early November, a day after the whistleblower’s attorney was singled out by Trump at a rally.
IRS and TTB Announce Procedures for Whistleblower Rewards
On December 3, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing procedures to process whistleblower reward claims under internal revenue laws administered and enforced by the TTB. TTB is a bureau of the Treasury Department. It administers provisions of the Internal Revenue laws that impose a federal excise tax on distilled spirits, wine, beer, tobacco products, as well as firearms and ammunition.
UMass beats VCU, 2-0, to advance to Atlantic 10 Field Hockey Tournament final
Melanie Kreusch, right, and the UMass field hockey team beat VCU, 2-0, Friday at Gladchuck Field, to advance to the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship. The Minutewomen will host Saint Joseph’s, at 2 p.m. Saturday. J. Anthony Roberts AMHERST — Sophie de Jonge and Grace Horgan each scored as UMass defeated VCU, 2-0, in the Atlantic 10 Field Hockey Tournament semifinals, Friday at Gladchuck sports complex.
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