SEC awards $50M to two whistleblowers
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-03-26T20:57:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced awards totaling $50 million to two whistleblowers whose high-quality information assisted the agency in bringing a successful enforcement action.
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