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Pfizer Is Lobbying To Thwart Whistleblowers From Exposing Corporate Fraud THE INTERCEPT

SEC Issues Whistleblower Awards Totaling Approximately $10.4 Million SEC

SEC investigates developer of 'miracle' Alzheimer's drug Cassava Sciences after short sellers accused the company of manipulating research results using Photoshop DAILY MAIL

SEC rewrites whistleblower record books during historic FY2021 COMPLIANCE WEEK

Kaléo Inc. Agrees to Pay $12.7 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Anti-Overdose Drug DOJ

U.S. SEC enforcement chief says FY2021 enforcement figures will be 'slightly down' REUTERS The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) director of enforcement on Friday said the agency's fiscal year 2021 enforcement figures will be "slightly down" from the prior year. read more » U.S. DoJ investigating electric vanmaker Workhorse REUTERS

Regulators Ask Congress to Create New Rules for Cryptocurrencies NEW YORK TIMES Federal regulators say they urgently need more power from Congress to properly regulate stablecoins, a fast-growing type of cryptocurrency that they warn could result in bank runs, consumer abuse and payment snafus unless lawmakers act quickly, according to a report issued Monday by the Treasury Department. read more »

SEC Charges Newport Beach Company and its Principals with Operating a $13.5 Million Ponzi-Like Scheme SEC

SEC Awards More Than $2 Million to Whistleblower for Successful Related Action SEC

Post-SPAC Music Steaming Company Reaches $38.8 Million Settlement in Ongoing Fraud Action SEC

SEC Awards $40 Million to Two Whistleblowers SEC

Boeing finds new defect in continuing struggle to produce Dreamliner 787 REUTERS Boeing Co (BA.N) said Thursday that some titanium 787 Dreamliner parts were improperly manufactured over the past three years, the latest in a series of problems to plague the wide-body aircraft. read more »

Former Chief Executive Officer of Petrochemical Company Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Foreign Bribery Scheme DOJ

SEC opens inquiry into Wall Street banks' staff communications REUTERS The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a broad inquiry into how Wall Street banks are keeping track of employees' digital communications, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. read more » Jamie Dimon bashes bitcoin again, calling it 'worthless' CNN

Like whistleblower Frances Haugen, these Facebook employees warned about the company’s problems for years. No one listened WASHINGTON POST

Brazil's Petrobras pays $853.2 mln fines to DOJ, SEC in corruption probe REUTERS Brazil state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) said on Monday it has paid $853.2 million to the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission as part of an agreement with U.S. authorities in 2018. read more »

SEC Charges Rogue Trader Who Bankrupted His Firm SEC

Cortez Masto Introduces Bill to Incentivize Whistleblowers to Report Consumer Fraud to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau US SENATE

U.S. SEC proposes rules urging hedge funds, endowments to disclose votes REUTERS

SEC Bars Two Individuals from Whistleblower Award Program SEC