According to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 2013 Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program, the agency awarded four whistleblowers a total of $14,831,965.64 during the fiscal year. More than $14 million of that sum was given to a single whistleblower. Under the Dodd-Frank whistleblower incentive program, individuals who report original information that leads the SEC to recover monetary sanctions of $1 million or more are eligible to receive awards of 10 to 30% of that financial recovery. This year, whistleblowers filed 3,238 tips and complaints with the agency, up from 3,001 filed in 2012. Since the program’s inception in August 2011, the SEC has received 6,573 tips and complaints. Other highlights of this year’s report include the following:
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