CFTC awards $9M to whistleblower
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-07-28T14:58:00
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission awarded $9 million to a whistleblower whose “specific, credible, and timely tip’ led to a successful enforcement action. The payout is one of the five largest awarded by the regulator since 2014.
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