The Wall Street Journal talked to Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton about the CFTC’s outreach to whistleblowers in a story discussing the drop in CFTC whistleblower submissions and award rates last year.
The CFTC—which has issued 14 awards, totaling more than $100 million, to tipsters since 2011—in recent years has focused more on marketing and outreach efforts to raise awareness of its whistleblower program.
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For instance, the regulator recently encouraged people to blow the whistle on suspected foreign bribery practices and potential violations of anti-money-laundering rules in the commodities and derivatives markets, said Erika Kelton, a lawyer representing whistleblowers at Phillips & Cohen LLP.
Read the full article, “CFTC whistleblower tips and awards fall after record 2018,” on The Wall Street Journal’s website.