"Who is Eligible for a Whistleblower Award?"

3/18/15: It is rare for a corporate officer, director or trustee to receive a whistleblower award, but that’s exactly what happened recently when the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) paid between $475,000 and $575,000 to a former company officer for reporting fraudulent activities inside his company. The former officer...reported “original, high-quality information about a securities fraud that resulted in an SEC enforcement action with sanctions exceeding $1 million.”