Whistleblower Law Insights

The False Claims Act (FCA) has returned billions of dollars lost to fraud against the government, and customs fraud cases are contributing an increasing portion of that recovery. This month, the US Department...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is increasingly focused on fraud and manipulation in the carbon markets, particularly within the voluntary carbon offset market. Regulators and investigators...

Last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a new working group to help fight securities fraud directed toward retail investors. The SEC’s Retail Fraud Working Group will focus...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent unanimous decision in Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission is an important victory for the enforcement of securities laws, as well as for whistleblowers whose...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is calling on data miners who could be potential whistleblowers to help crack down on fraud in government programs.  On April 30, the DOJ announced the Fraud Oversight...

This month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced enforcement results for fiscal year 2025, noting that the Commission filed 456 enforcement actions and obtained orders for monetary relief...

On April 1, 2026, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”), published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Whistleblower...

This month, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed an $80 million penalty against Canaccord Genuity LLC for willful violations of the Bank Secrecy...

The newly-released 2025 Annual Report to Congress from the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Whistleblower (SEC OWB) reveals that the agency granted awards in 31 Covered Actions and...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently issued its annual report to Congress on its whistleblower program, announcing that enforcement actions associated with the program have resulted...