What is the largest whistleblower award ever?

Your location: SYDNEY The US Securities and Exchange Commission has paid out its largest-ever whistleblower award – nearly US$50 million ($72 million). The whistleblower tipped off the agency to a currency manipulation scheme at a massive bank, resulting in a "successful enforcement action", the SEC said Thursday.

Why did SEC award $279 million to a whistleblower?

May 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its largest ever award of nearly $279 million to a whistleblower whose information helped the regulator's enforcement action, it said on Friday. The regulator did not disclose the case concerned in its statement.

What are the largest SEC Whistleblower awards?

To date, the largest SEC whistleblower awards are $114 million, $110 million, and $50 million. See some of the SEC whistleblower cases that have resulted in large awards.