SEC / CFTC Resources

If you know of wrongdoing or fraud by your employer or other entity, you can take steps to stop it. Learn what you can do with that information and decide if becoming a whistleblower is right for you....

What is an SEC Whistleblower? An SEC whistleblower (Securities and Exchange Commission) may receive a reward for reporting securities law violations if the SEC orders more than $1 million in sanctions...

What is the Dodd-Frank Act? The Dodd-Frank Act, formally known as the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, is a major US financial regulatory law that created whistleblower reward programs at...

What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)? The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a powerful anti-bribery law that prohibits US companies and individuals from paying money or any other sort...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) whistleblower program offers whistleblowers rewards, job protection, and confidentiality. It was created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...

The Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower reward program provides a way for whistleblowers to stop violations of securities laws and SEC rules and receive a reward. The SEC whistleblower program,...

The SEC whistleblower program was created in 2010 with the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act. Below is the relevant text of the law, which describes the SEC whistleblower rewards, confidentiality for SEC whistleblower...

“Opinion: Quebec’s AMF should offer rewards to whistleblowers,” Stephen S. Hasegawa, 3/30/16. “Rewarding whistleblowers,” Erika A. Kelton, The Economist, 1/2/2016. “CEO’s...

Here is the section of the Dodd-Frank Act that authorized the establishment of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission whistleblower program. For a summary of how the program works, see the CFTC whistleblower...

Whistleblowers from any country – Britain, Canada, India, China and elsewhere – can participate in any of the four US whistleblower reward programs. In most cases, international whistleblower...