The SEC pays 10-30% of the fine to whistleblowers whose info leads to over $1m fines.
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In 2009, before specific whistleblower…
In 2009, before specific whistleblower protection laws, two nurses in TX were fired and charged with unrelated felonies after reporting unsafe medical care from a physician they worked under.
A whistleblower named Gustl Mollath was …
A whistleblower named Gustl Mollath was forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital for claiming that a major bank was engaging in money laundering. A report by the bank itself later leaked, proved that Mollath was right and allowed him to be released.