SEC Awards $2.2M To Whistleblower Under 'Safe Harbor' Rule

By Dunstan Prial (April 5, 2018, 9:05 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday said it has awarded $2.2 million to a whistleblower whose initial tip to another federal agency led to an SEC enforcement action, the first such award under a so-called safe harbor rule that allows awards for tips not taken first to the SEC....

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