--- title: SEC Announces Additional $150,000 Payment to Recipient of First Whistleblower Award description: "Taken from a Press Release issued by SEC April 4, 2014 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the whistleblower who received the" image: https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-658049753-jpg/images/whistle_1.jpg --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [SEC Announces Additional $150,000 Payment to Recipient of First Whistleblower Award](https://blog.stpub.com/bid/196428/SEC-Announces-Additional-150-000-Payment-to-Recipient-of-First-Whistleblower-Award) Posted by [STP Editorial Team](https://blog.stpub.com/author/stp-editorial-team) on Thu, Apr 24, 2014 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **![http://www.stpub.com/directors-and-officers-liability-online](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/file-658049753-jpg/images/whistle_1.jpg?width=63&height=95&name=whistle_1.jpg)News from SEC Press Release Issued April 4, 2014** ****The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the whistleblower who received the first award under the agency’s new whistleblower program will receive an additional $150,000 payout after the SEC collected additional funds in the case. The whistleblower, who the SEC did not identify in order to protect confidentiality, has now been awarded a total of nearly $200,000 since the award was announced on [Aug. 21, 2012](http://www.sec.gov/News/PressRelease/Detail/PressRelease/1365171483972#.U0gTwNTn-Fo). The award recipient helped the SEC stop a multi-million dollar fraud by providing documents and other significant information that allowed its investigation to move at an accelerated pace and prevent the fraud from ensnaring additional victims. The award represents 30 percent of the amount collected in the SEC enforcement action against the perpetrators of the scheme, the maximum percentage payout allowed under the law. The additional payout comes after the SEC collected an additional $500,000 from one of the defendants in the case. “This latest payment shows that the SEC’s aggressive collection efforts pay dividends not only for harmed investors but also for whistleblowers,” said Sean McKessy, chief of the SEC’s Whistleblower Office. “As we collect additional funds from securities law violators, we can increase the payouts to whistleblowers.” The SEC expects to collect additional money from defendants in this case as some are making payments under a periodic payment schedule ordered by the court. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act authorized the whistleblower program to reward individuals who offer high-quality original information that leads to an SEC enforcement action in which more than $1 million in sanctions is ordered. Awards can range from 10 percent to 30 percent of the money collected. The Dodd-Frank Act included enhanced anti-retaliation employment protections for whistleblowers and provisions to protect their identity. The law specifies that the SEC cannot disclose any information, including information the whistleblower provided to the SEC, which could reasonably be expected to directly or indirectly reveal a whistleblower’s identity. For more information about the whistleblower program and how to report a tip, visit [www.sec.gov/whistleblower](http://www.sec.gov/whistleblower). 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