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By Jeff Dale2023-09-08T20:14:00
Privately held energy and technology company Monolith Resources agreed to pay $225,000 to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) it used employee separation agreements that violated whistleblower protection rules.
Monolith agreed to cease and desist from further violations in reaching settlement, the SEC announced in a press release Friday. The agency acknowledged the company’s remedial actions, including its notifying former employees who signed the separation agreements.
From February 2020 to March, Monolith required certain departing employees to waive their rights to monetary whistleblower awards when signing separation agreements, the SEC alleged in its order.
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2023-10-31T12:55:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Recent enforcement cases brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding apparent violations of its whistleblower protection rule are proof the agency is taking compliance with the rule “very seriously,” said Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal.
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New York-based investment adviser D. E. Shaw & Co. will pay a $10 million penalty to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company raised impediments to whistleblowing by employees.
2023-09-19T16:35:00Z By Jeff Dale
Commercial real estate services and investment firm CBRE agreed to pay $375,000 to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that its separation agreements violated whistleblower protections.
2024-07-02T20:35:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Three former executives of Chicago-based Outcome Health, a healthcare technology company, were sentenced for misleading an auditor, clients, lenders, and investors about a scheme to sell $45 million in overbilled advertisements.
2024-07-02T14:42:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A home health company operating in Indiana, Ohio, and Texas agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million to settle allegations it filed false claims by giving sports tickets and other kickbacks to assisted living facilities in exchange for referrals.
2024-07-02T13:50:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank will pay a total of $63 million penalties to California and the Federal Reserve Board to settle charges that its anti-money laundering program failed to properly monitor more than $1 trillion worth of customer transactions.
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