SEC hands out second top-10 whistleblower award this month
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Kyle Brasseur2020-04-28T19:42:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the award of $18 million to a whistleblower, continuing a two-month surge in payouts by the agency that has now seen two of its largest bounties to date.
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