Whistleblower Actions During Government Shutdown
Notice: Due to a lapse in appropriations, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is currently closed. During the closure, time sensitive or critical tips, complaints, or referrals should be submitted via the electronic portal only. The Office of the Whistleblower will continue to accept whistleblower applications for awards. All such applications must comply with the instructions, including timelines, on the Office of the Whistleblower Notices of Covered Action page. All other timelines relating to whistleblower award applications, including requests for the record or reconsideration, also remain in place. Thank you.
Claim an Award
We post Notices of Covered Action for each SEC action where a final judgment or order, by itself or together with other prior judgments or orders in the same action issued after July 21, 2010, results in monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million.
The inclusion of a Notice means only that an order was entered with monetary sanctions exceeding $1 million. By posting a Notice for a particular case, we are not making any determinations either that (i) a whistleblower tip, complaint or referral led to the SEC opening an investigation or filing an action with respect to the case or (ii) an award to a whistleblower will be paid in connection with the case.
Subject to the Whistleblower Amended Rules, individuals who voluntarily provided the SEC with original information after July 21, 2010 that led to the successful enforcement of a covered action listed below are eligible to apply for a whistleblower award.
Once a Notice of Covered Action is posted, individuals have 90 calendar days to apply for an award by submitting a completed Form WB-APP to the Office of the Whistleblower by midnight on the claim due date listed for that action.
NOTE: On July 2, 2024, the Commission posted a new Form WB-APP for individuals seeking to apply for an award for a Covered Action. You may continue to use the prior version of the form for the 30-day period following the posting of the new form. Starting on August 1, 2024, please use the new Form WB-APP to apply for an award.
We strongly encourage Form WB-APPs to be submitted by email to FormWB-APPSubmission@SEC.GOV. Duplicate submissions of a Form WB-APP by multiple methods (e.g., fax, email, and mail) are discouraged as they may cause delays. Generally, submissions are acknowledged within 60 days.
Whistleblower Award Applications submitted by mail or fax should be sent to:
SEC Office of the Whistleblower (c/o ENF-CPU)
14420 Albemarle Point Place Suite 102 Chantilly, VA 20151-1750
Fax: 703-813-9322
| Notice No. | Action | Notice Date | Claim Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-117 | In the Matter of Ideanomics, Inc. (f/k/a Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc.), Alfred Poor, and Federico Tovar |
09/30/2024 | 12/29/2024 |
| 2024-116 | In the Matter of Hilltop Securities Inc. |
09/30/2024 | 12/29/2024 |
| 2024-115 | In the Matter of Cetera Advisor Networks LLC and Cetera Investment Services LLC |
09/30/2024 | 12/29/2024 |
| 2024-114 | In the Matter of First Trust Portfolios L.P. |
09/30/2024 | 12/29/2024 |
| 2024-113 | In the Matter of Great Point Capital, LLC |
09/30/2024 | 12/29/2024 |
| 2024-112 | In the Matter of Osaic Services, Inc., and Osaic Wealth, Inc. |
09/30/2024 | 12/29/2024 |
| 2024-111 | In the Matter of Piper Sandler & Co |
09/30/2024 | 12/29/2024 |
| 2024-110 | In the Matter of GHS Investments, LLC, Mark S. Grober, Sarfraz S. Hajee, and Matthew L. Schissler |
09/30/2024 | 12/29/2024 |
| 2024-109 | SEC v. Wilson J. Rondini, III, Falcon Capital LLP, and Falcon Capital Partners Limited |
09/30/2024 | 12/29/2024 |
| 2024-108 | SEC v. Christopher Joseph Borgiono, and Jason Allan Arthur |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-107 | SEC v. Sivannarayana Barama |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-106 | SEC v. Silvergate Capital Corporation, Alan J. Lane, Kathleen Fraher, Antonio Martino |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-105 | SEC v. Yossi Engel |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-104 | SEC v. C3 International, Inc., Steele Clarke Smith III, and Theresa Smith |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-103 | SEC v. Gene Daniel Levoff |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-102 | SEC v. Phillip W. Offill, Jr., and Justin W. Herman |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-101 | SEC v. Brook Church-Koegel, David H. Goldman, and Nicole J. Walker |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-100 | SEC v. Brent Borland, Borland Capital Group, LLC, and Belize Infrastructure Fund I, LLC |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-099 | SEC v. Prosper Beyond Moore, Prosperity Investments & Solutions, LLC f/k/a Prosperity, Investments & Lending, LLC |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-098 | SEC v. Angelo A. Alleca, Summit Wealth Management, Inc., Asset Class Diversification Fund, LP, and Private Credit Opportunities Fund, LLC |
08/30/2024 | 11/28/2024 |
| 2024-097 | In the Matter of Anders J. Lindgren |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-096 | SEC v Amit Bhardwaj, Dhirenkumar Patel, Srinivasa Kakkera, Abbas Saeedi, and Ramesh Chitor |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-095 | In the Matter of Janusz (John) Zukowski and Jerry Samaras |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-094 | SEC v. Gannon Giguiere, Oliver-Barret Lindsay, Andrew Hackett, Kevin Gillespie, and Annetta Budhu |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-093 | In the Matter of Anson Funds Management, LP, and Anson Advisors, Inc. |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-092 | In the Matter of HF Foods Group Inc. |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-091 | SEC v. Zhou Min Ni, and Jian Ming Ni, also known as Jonathan Ni, also known as Jianming Ni |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-090 | SEC v. John D. Fierro and JDF Capital, Inc. |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-089 | SEC v. Christopher R. Bentley and Bellatorum Resources, LLC |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-088 | SEC v. Royal Bengal Logistics, Inc., and Sanjay Singh |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-087 | SEC v. Peter D. Krieger |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-086 | SEC v. David Lee Stone and John D. Robson |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-085 | SEC v. Joseph Michael Todd, Todd Financial Services, LLC, and TFS Insurance Services LLC |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-084 | In the Matter of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-083 | SEC v. Neil S. Chandran, Garry J. Davidson, Michael T. Glaspie, Linda C. Knott, Amy S. Mossel, AEO Publishing Inc., Banner Co-op, Inc., and Bannersgo, LLC |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-082 | SEC v. Windsor Jones LLC and Anthony Collins |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-081 | SEC v. Michael J. French, MJF Holdings, LLC, and MJF Capital, LLC |
07/31/2024 | 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-080 | In the Matter of Raymond Lawrence Lent (dba The Putney Financial Group, Registered Investment Advisors) |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-079 | SEC v. George Heckler |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-078 | SEC v. Douglas McKelvey |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-077 | SEC v. Red Rock Secured, LLC, Sean Kelly, Anthony Spencer, and Jeffrey Ward |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-076 | SEC v. Ruless Pierre a/k/a Rules Pierre |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-075 | SEC v. Joshua Sason, Marc Manuel, Kautilya (a/k/a Tony) Sharma, Perian Salviola, Magna Management, LLC (f/k/a Magna Group, LLC), Magna Equities II, LLC (f/k/a Hanover Holdings I. LLC), MG Partners. Ltd., and Pallas Holdings, LLC |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-074 | SEC v. Pedram Abraham Mehrian, Strategic Legacy Investment Group, Inc., and Slig High Interest Liquid Savings Company |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-073 | In the Matter of Varun Aggarwal, CPA |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-072 | SEC v. Genesis Global Capital, LLC and Gemini Trust Company, LLC |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-071 | In the Matter of Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Archipelago Trading Services, Inc., New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE American LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., ICE Clear Credit LLC, ICE Clear Europe Ltd., NYSE Chicago, Inc., NYSE National, Inc., and Securities Industry Automation Corporation |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-070 | SEC v. Tyler Loudon |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-069 | In the Matter of Kershner Trading Americas, LLC |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-068 | SEC v. Chimene Van Gundy, Outstanding Real Estate Solutions, Inc., Michael Trofimoff, Santos Kidd, Maria Tosta |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-067 | SEC v. 4D Circle LLC a/k/a Enoetics, Mantford C. Hawkins, and David E. Bell |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-066 | SEC v. Gerald C. Parker |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-065 | In the Matter of BF Borgers CPA PC, and Benjamin F. Borgers, CPA |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-064 | SEC v. Rahim Mohamed, Davies (“Dave”) Wong, Glenn B. Laken, Richard C. S. Tang, Zoltan Nagy, Jeffrey D. Cox, Phillip G. Sewell, Breanne M. Wong, Christophe Merani, Anna Tang, Robert W. Seeley, Richard B. Smith, Christopher R. Smith, H.E. Capital SA, Pop Holdings Ltd., Maximum Ventures Holdings LLC, Harmony Ridge Corp., and Avatele Group LLC |
06/28/2024 | 09/26/2024 |
| 2024-063 | SEC v. Mine Shaft Brewing LLC, Timothy A. Nemecka, John A. Logan, and Charlies V. Whittington |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-062 | SEC v. Flik, Coinspark, Ryan Felton, William W. Sparks, Jr., Owen B. Smith, and Chance B. White |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-061 | SEC v. Ongkaruck Sripetch, Amanda Flores, Brehnen Knight, Andrew McAlpine Ashmit Patel, Michael Wexler, Dominic Williams, Adtron Inc. Aka StockPalooza.com, ATG Inc., DOIT, Ltd., DOJI Capital, Inc., King Mutual Solutions Inc., Optimus Prime Financial Inc., Orca Bridge, Redline International, and UAIM Corporation |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-060 | SEC v. Roy N. Cook, Jeffrey A. Natrop, Peter S. Renner, James Rudolph and Peter Williams |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-059 | SEC v. Jonathan Mimun (aka Johnathan Maymon) and Ronn Benharav |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-058 | SEC v. Dennis J. Mancino, William T. Hirschy, DJK Investments 10 Inc., TJM Investments Inc., and WT Consulting Group, LLC |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-057 | In the Matter of Senvest Management, LLC |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-056 | SEC v. Shawn C. Cutting |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-055 | SEC v. Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC d/b/a Commonwealth Financial Network |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-054 | SEC v. Charles Winn LLC, Aaron David Scott-Britten, aka Aaron David K. Britten, Ohran Emmanuel Stewart, aka Elliott Stewart, Casey Alexander, and Charlie Jake Smith |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-053 | SEC v. Treasure Enterprise LLC, Patricia Enright Gray, and Larry Allen Holley |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-052 | SEC v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen Group of America Finance, LLC, and VW Credit, Inc. |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-051 | SEC v. GA Investors and John Does Nos. 1-4 |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-050 | SEC v. Joseph A. Padilla and Kevin C. Dills |
05/31/2024 | 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-049 | In the Matter of Skechers U.S.A., Inc. |
04/30/2024 | 07/29/2024 |
| 2024-048 | SEC v. Ishan Wahi, Nikhil Wahi, and Sameer Ramani |
04/30/2024 | 07/29/2024 |
| 2024-047 | In the Matter of Lordstown Motors Corp. |
04/30/2024 | 07/29/2024 |
| 2024-046 | SEC v. Anthony B. Liddle |
04/30/2024 | 07/29/2024 |
| 2024-045 | SEC v. iFresh, Inc. and Long Deng |
04/30/2024 | 07/29/2024 |
| 2024-044 | SEC v. Brian Sewell and Rockwell Capital Management LLC |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-043 | In the Matter of TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-042 | In the Matter of U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-041 | In the Matter of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-040 | In the Matter of Guggenheim Securities LLC and Guggenheim Parners Investment Management LLC |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-039 | In the Matter of Van Eck Associates Corporation |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-038 | In the Matter of David B. Bodner |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-037 | SEC v. Zachary J. Horwitz, and 1inmm Capital, LLC |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-036 | In the Matter of TradeStation Crypto, Inc. |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-035 | In the Matter of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-034 | SEC v. Boron Capital, LLC, BC Holdings 2017, LLC, United BNB Fund 2018, LLC, and Blake Robert Templeton |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-033 | SEC v. Mark Allan Plummer, Emilio Barrera, Jr. (A/K/A Mike Barrera), PRT Consulting, LLC D/B/A Petroleum Resources of Texas, Richmond Engineering, Inc., Todd J Prince, George Rauch (F/K/A George B Fasciano), and Todd Stuart Breitling |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-032 | SEC v. Steven Chiang a/k/a Cyrus Kong, Eric Tippetts, James Hardy, and Maurice “Butch” Chelliah |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-031 | In the Matter of The Huntington Investment Company, Huntington Securities, Inc., and Capstone Capital Markets LLC |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-030 | In the Matter of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation and Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-029 | In the Matter of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. And Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-028 | In the Matter of Key Investment Services LLC, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-027 | In the Matter of Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company, LLC, and Mason Street Advisors, LLC |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-026 | SEC v. Beaxy Digital, Ltd., Artak Hamazaspyan, Windy Inc., Nicholas Murphy, Randolph Bay Abbott, Braverock Investments, LLC, Future Digital Markets, Inc., Windy Financial LLC, Future Financial LLC, and Brian Peterson |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-025 | SEC v. John Feloni and Stock Squirrel, Inc. |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-024 | SEC v. Aryeh Goldsten, Adar Bays, LLC, and Adar Alef, LLC |
03/29/2024 | 06/27/2024 |
| 2024-023 | SEC v. Jared Jeffrey David and Dale Burke Pinchot |
02/29/2024 | 05/29/2024 |
| 2024-022 | In the Matter of Northern Star Investment Corp. II |
02/29/2024 | 05/29/2024 |
| 2024-021 | SEC v. Joseph A. Cammarata, Erik Cohen, David H. Puturieri, AlphaPlus Portfolio Recovery Corp., and Alpha Plus Recovery LLC |
02/29/2024 | 05/29/2024 |
| 2024-020 | SEC v. Steven Keith Woodard, Sr |
02/29/2024 | 05/29/2024 |
| 2024-019 | SEC v. SHE Beverage Company, Inc., Lupe L. Rose, Sonja F. Shelby and Katherine E. Dirden |
02/29/2024 | 05/29/2024 |
| 2024-018 | In the Matter of SAP SE |
02/29/2024 | 05/29/2024 |
Last Reviewed or Updated: Sept. 30, 2025