This is the second in a series where some of my clients have volunteered to answer a few questions in order to provide insight to future whistleblowers who are considering making a Dodd-Frank reward submission. What is your background? I worked in the finance...

Anyone who has information about an SEC-regulated company engaging a suspicious event, marketing, or advertising company may have a reward eligible case. Companies will often use event companies, marketing consultants, and advertising entities to pay bribes to foreign...

Anyone who has information about an SEC-regulated company engaging in accounting fraud may have a reward eligible case. Companies will sometimes manipulate their financial numbers in order to meet quarterly expectations. Slush Funds – Misusing Reserves Management will...

Anyone who has information about employees at SEC-regulated companies falsifying employee expense reports may have reward eligible information. Sales employees will sometimes falsify receipts and information in their employee expense reports to benefit themselves....

Companies often bribe government officials and decision makers by providing them trips in return for tenders, deals, and commercial advantages. There are many ways companies can bribe government officials to win deals, but trips are one of the most popular. Anyone who...

FCPA whistleblowers who report companies that pay bribes to officials working at state-owned entities (“SOEs”) may be eligible for a reward under the Dodd-Frank program. SEC-regulated companies and their subsidiaries and affiliates will often bribe officials working...

Whistleblowers who learn of either fraud or bribery connected to cryptocurrencies may be eligible for a reward under the SEC’s program. Likewise, people who are aware of SEC-regulated companies using a cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, to pay bribes or launder money...

FCPA whistleblower rewards are available to health, safety, and environmental (HSE) personnel who report corporate bribery to the SEC under the Dodd-Frank program. HSE personnel who report their companies bribing foreign officials are eligible for rewards under the...

FCPA whistleblower rewards are available to government and community relations personnel who report corporate bribery to the SEC under the Dodd-Frank program. Community relations and regulatory affairs personnel who report their companies FCPA violations are eligible...

FCPA whistleblower rewards are available to corporate consultants and vendors who report corporate bribery to the SEC under the Dodd-Frank program. Third-party consultants and vendors who report SEC-regulated companies violating the FCPA are eligible for rewards under...