Covid-19 whistleblower Tag Archives — Whistleblower Lawyer Blog Published by Whistleblower Attorneys — Finch McCranie, LLP Thu, 11 Aug 2022 20:12:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 SEC Targets COVID-19 Fraud, and Its Success Will Depend on SEC Whistleblowers https://www.finchmccranie.com/whistleblower-blog/sec-targets-covid-19-fraud-and-its-success-will-depend-on-sec-whistleblowers/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:36:29 +0000 https://www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com/?p=1857 Whistleblowers perform a critical public service when they help protect the public from fraud, especially in this COVID-19 pandemic.

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]]> As the anxious public yearns for vaccines, treatments, and protections from the virus, the SEC has warned of a “substantial potential for fraud relating to COVID-19. The SEC’s enforcement actions against 23 companies are just the start, as more fraud will undoubtedly be uncovered.

Whistleblowers are critical to the SEC’s efforts to stop COVID-19 fraud.  The SEC Office of the Whistleblower is authorized to pay monetary awards to whistleblowers whose information leads to an order of sanctions of $1 million or more.

Our firm’s lawyers are uniquely suited to bring attention to meritorious SEC whistleblower claims.  Our firm has the only former Senior Officer and Regional Director of the SEC who represents SEC whistleblowers, Walter Jospin.  We have the ability and experience to evaluate a potential Whistleblower claim and determine if it will interest the SEC Division of Enforcement.  If it does not, the case is lost.  Few lawyers have that experience.

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