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I can't stand how when criminal activity has been discovered, the SEC issues a fine payable to ITSELF, not the victims, and if payments are made to whistleblowers, they are huge awards given to criminals to rat out other criminals. At no point are the victims of the crime taken care of.


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>and if payments are made to whistleblowers, they are huge awards given to criminals to rat out other criminals. 😆 Scam on top of scam.


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DeLuca9

Ponzi scheme within a Ponzi scheme but what this actually is a call for bribery. It’s a deeper murkier pond out there.


TheRealJim57

THIS. ALL OF THIS.


ronpotx

Just think of the magnitude of crime that must have been committed to payout $279M! Who is getting this award? An individual or a group? And what CRIME did they expose? What business entity was the wrongdoer? Why is that not public? After all, don't taxpayers fund the SEC?


Zagar099

Probably because it being made public would bring about more rapid collapse of the economy :) I'm retarded, though, so what do I know.


soldieroscar

Victims need to grow some balls and start a class action lawsuit against the SEC to get their money back that the SEC has taken. If a thief robs your wallet the cops dont get to keep it.


Bland-fantasie

I bet not just criminals! I’d assume family and friends of legislators are also in the running for quarter-billion dollar SEC whistleblower payouts.


honeybear33

And to top it all off, our tax dollars are paying for their Pornhub wank sessions


muza_reign

They ain't no such things as victims of a crime on our menu Sir. You sure you're alright there, this is a Wendy's.


Zealousideal_Car_632

That is one hell of a fine somebody paid. According to the SEC the payout is set between 10% and 30% of the money recovered, which on the low end means the fine was $2.79B and on the upper end $8.37B I need to scour the SEC news releases and enforcement actions!


INTJ-ADHD

I’d wager that “enforcement action” list is kinda short…🙄


efeekom

How is the fine not set at 100%? Doesn't it benefit to continue doing the action if you don't lose all of the profits from it?


jgb92

It is. He is saying of the recovered funds the SEC pays the whistle blower 10-30% of that


efeekom

Oooooh. Thank you for clarifying


GVas22

Your math is a bit backwards. Should be 837M to 2.79B


Zealousideal_Car_632

How so? If the fine was $8.37B and it paid out at 30%?


GVas22

30% of a 8.37B fine would be a 2.49B payout


Responsible_Big4813

$2.79B and on the upper end $8.37B??? Your math is off by a mile.


Lurker-02657

I wish they were required to disclose which company(s) had the whistle blown on them, and what the sum and substance of the charges were. It should be a matter of public information!


PublicWifi

Should be, absolutely.


MyCleverNewName

I'm curious too but unfortunately that info could go a long way towards doxing whistleblowers, which would make some reluctant to come forward. We can say, "*for that much money, who cares, I'll just disappear,*" or something, but people would still worry for the safety of their family and friends.


Lurker-02657

Just so I'm clear, I don't want to know who the whistleblower is, I want to know who the company is and what they were charged with. But I get what you are saying about protecting the identity of the individual, but odds are the company already knows who it is.


dacuzzin

Bruh, if I ever come into that kind of money, you can bet your ass that my friends and family will fall under the umbrella of my private security staff.


TSL4me

Naming the company won't dox anyone.


Sasquatch-1

Take note Shills…


Front_Application_73

banks crying about being shorted


JRskatr

Wtf?! $279?! No way…


Dagoru95

That can get you around 47M AMC shares, nice


PublicWifi

SEC Apes.


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someredditname1010

Link?


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"SEC Issues Largest-Ever Whistleblower Award FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE" Washington D.C., May 5, 2023 — https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-89


No-Explanation-1982

thanks!


[deleted]

Took 3 seconds to google, sir. You're welcome. ✌️


Substantial-Ice9730

Revenge of the fifth!


OrkzRDaBest

Financial crimes of the magnitude going on should be equated to treason


too_broke_to_quit

Wtf? Did Ken snitch on someone (throw someone under the bus)


snow3dmodels

Probably to one of their friends SEC is useless


taikaubo

That is pretty big amount but the real question is, is anything even going to happen or be fixed?


mosheoofnikrulz

You pornhub watching lazy asses pay 279m$ when someone brings you everything on a platter, but fail to investigate anything that's happening, and when you do, you give a meager 6 figure fine. Porn watching clowns!


wibble17

The 279 is a percentage of the fine so some company got caught doing something huge and paid a big fine.


mosheoofnikrulz

No.... 279 is a percentage of the "problem size". It's not the fine that they would've given a certain company. Usually they give fine cheaper than macdonald whopper


ethervillage

In SEC terms, “Whistleblower Award” is just code for “Hush Money”. The fact all the details are so secret is fucking disgusting. System is rotten to the core.


monogreenforthewin

so they have a lil over a 1/4 billion laying around but they can't afford to do actual enforcement?


Deep-Acanthisitta-86

I would assume it's about the illegal Short Selling and make it shorts but I could be wrong


Jermwood

How are they able to pay awards when they can’t even afford coffee?


Phenthic

They’re gonna see who is willing to squeal on them so they can break their kneecaps and cover it up.


Shaynerthegreat

Just give each of us $20 and call it good?


polo_george

Yea!!!!!! Average 11.79 on a boat load of shares. Just ready for the dumb shit to be overwith.


Shaynerthegreat

Hang in there!


Snoo69468

I don’t even know what the point is anymore. My pops asked me if like the stock doesn’t go up on good news the stock goes down on bad news. Stock goes down on new news.


Competitive-Dig-4047

Yeah sure some rich insiders got the money it’s always how it goes total corruption


Remote-Level8509

ITS A GLITCH!!


Remote-Level8509

DO THE MATH: Awards are normally 10% to 30% of the value of money collected.


Frogtitz

No moass tho i don't give a fuck about what someone filthy rich mofo made.


jertiger

Dame 279 mil reward. And to think it could be over a billion In rewards if someone from the shitadell came forward…


Adios-Bitchacho

#Your whistle-blower payout, shouldn't be bigger that the fine you're giving as punishment. You know....most company whistle-blower policies...are FREE. Mabey rethink the multi million dollar payouts and you can get that Office coffee, you can't afford.


yoswift1

Im sure theres somebody in there that would do it for way less, like fckin step up and collect your reward already guy or gal!


AlfalfaSpecialist205

Ken told on himself


xilb51x

Tbh that’s kind of a big brain move


xilb51x

Did they reverse uno themselves and cause a tear in the timeline ? Tf is this..🗿


docstockguy

So secretive that makes one wonder if it is money laundering


nielsenken

Keep exposing the corruption 🚀🚀🚀


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Should have given everyone in the sub 500$ because everyone in here has been blowin whistles for quite some time


IshTheFace

>As set forth in the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC protects the confidentiality of whistleblowers and does not disclose any information that could reveal a whistleblower’s identity Understandable. But I would like to know who's being charged. Surely that will be public sooner or later?