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New Report Highlights Importance of Funding Reform for CFTC Whistleblower Program

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On November 19, Better Markets, a non-profit focused on financial reform, released a report “Blow the Whistle: The Importance of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Whistleblower Office” highlighting the financial crisis threatening the hugely successful CFTC Whistleblower Program.

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Trafigura Whistleblower Disclosure Leads to $55 Million Enforcement Action by CFTC

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Trafigura Holding LLC agreed to pay $55 million to settle allegations of fraud, market manipulation, and impeding the ability of employees to blow the whistle. Whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto announced that a whistleblower made a disclosure in the case.

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New Documentary Centers Reality Winner in the Telling of Her Story

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She provides her own perspective on all the stages of the case: from her choice to blow the whistle, through her arrest and trial, up until the end of multi-year imprisonment. Another crucial element which remains from the earlier iteration of the documentary is the audio recording of the initial integration of Winner by FBI agents.

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During Sunshine Week 2024, Senator Grassley Sheds Light on Whistleblowers

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In an open letter to the IGs , he stated that all federal agencies must include an “anti-gag” provision in these forms and agreements which would inform employees of their rights to blow the whistle regarding congressional matters.

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In Record Day, CFTC Issues Four Whistleblower Award Orders Totaling $4.5 Million

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“Whistleblowers provide information from a variety of vantage points that helps preserve market integrity and fairness,” said Director of Enforcement Ian McGinley. The multiple awards the CFTC is granting today serve as a warning to would-be wrongdoers across the markets we oversee that anyone may blow the whistle on their misconduct.”

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Ukraine Rolls Out Whistleblower Awards to Fight Corruption

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Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) detailed the first whistleblower award as “a historical event that fundamentally establishes the formation of a whistle-blowing culture in Ukraine and encourages whistle-blowers to report on the facts of corruption that they have managed to record.”