{"id":59213,"date":"2017-07-28T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T13:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=59213"},"modified":"2017-07-28T09:27:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T13:27:00","slug":"59213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/07\/2017\/59213.html","title":{"rendered":"SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than $1.7 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award of more than $1.7 million to a company insider who provided the agency with critical information to help stop a fraud that would have otherwise been difficult to detect.  Millions of dollars were returned to harmed investors as a result of the SEC\u2019s ensuing investigation and enforcement action. <\/p>\n<p>&#8221;When whistleblowers tip the SEC, it not only can bring wrongdoers to justice but also relief to investors,&#8221; said Jane Norberg, Chief of the SEC\u2019s Office of the Whistleblower.  &#8221;This whistleblower&#8217;s valuable information enabled us to stop further investor harm and ultimately return money to victims.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Approximately $158 million has now been awarded to 46 whistleblowers who voluntarily provided the SEC with original and useful information that led to a successful enforcement action.<\/p>\n<p>By law, the SEC protects the confidentiality of whistleblowers and does not disclose information that might directly or indirectly reveal a whistleblower&#8217;s identity.  Whistleblowers may be eligible for an award when they voluntarily provide the SEC with original, timely, and credible information that leads to a successful enforcement action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award of more than $1.7 million to a company insider who provided the agency with critical information to help stop a fraud that would have otherwise been difficult to detect. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3,16048],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-networks-press-releases","category-hedgeco-news","category-hedgecovest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59213"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59215,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59213\/revisions\/59215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}