{"id":218,"date":"2009-07-03T04:45:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T04:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2009\/07\/sec_bounties_for_whistleblower.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:49:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:49:21","slug":"sec_bounties_for_whistleblower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/sec_bounties_for_whistleblower\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC &#8220;Bounties&#8221; for Whistleblowers&#8211;The Statute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The statute authorizing the SEC in insider trading cases to pay whistleblowers  &#8220;bounties&#8221; of up to 10% of civil penalties is below.  (See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/new_sec_whistleblower_program\/\">separate post discussing why the SEC needs a new, meaningful whistleblower program to help stop the next Madoff scheme<\/a>.)<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/sec_bounties_for_whistleblower\/#more-218\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The statute authorizing the SEC in insider trading cases to pay whistleblowers &#8220;bounties&#8221; of up to 10% of civil penalties is below. (See our separate post discussing why the SEC needs a new, meaningful whistleblower program to help stop the next Madoff scheme.) 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