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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-099 | SEC v. James M. Peister and Northstar International Group Inc. |
09/24/2014 | 12/23/2014 |
| 2014-098 | In the Matter of Keith MacDonald Summers |
09/24/2014 | 12/23/2014 |
| 2014-097 | In the Matter of Bank of America Corporation |
09/24/2014 | 12/23/2014 |
| 2014-096 | SEC v. Blake B. Richards |
09/24/2014 | 12/23/2014 |
| 2014-095 | SEC v. Universal Travel Group, Jiangping Jiang and Jing Xie In the Matter of EFP Rotenberg, LLP and Nicholas R. Bottini, CPA |
09/05/2014 | 12/04/2014 |
| 2014-094 | SEC v. Rajat K. Gupta and Raj Rajaratnam |
09/05/2014 | 12/04/2014 |
| 2014-093 | In the Matter of Linkbrokers Derivatives LLC |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-092 | In the Matter of LavaFlow, Inc. |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-091 | In the Matter of Ernst & Young LLP |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-090 | In the Matter of Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC; Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc.; and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-089 | In the Matter of Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-088 | SEC v. Walter Ng, Kelly Ng, Bruce Horwitz, and The Mortgage Fund, LLC |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-087 | SEC v. John Babikian |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-086 | SEC v. Bryan S. Behrens and National Investments, Inc. |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-085 | SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-084 | SEC v. Scott Ashton Riggs, Darrell Parlee, Steven Manderfeld, Ashton Oilfield Services, LLC, Ashton Equipment, LLC, AOS 1-A, L.P., and AOS 1-B, L.P. |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-083 | SEC v. DDBO Consulting, Inc., DBBG Consulting, Inc., Dean R. Baker, and Bret A. Grove |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-082 | SEC v. Bernard H. Butts, Jr., Fotios Geivelis, Jr., also known as Frank Anastasio, Worldwide Funding III Limited LLC, Douglas J. Anisky, Sidney Banner, Express Commercial Capital LLC, James Baggs |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-081 | SEC v. Cedric Cañas Maillard and Julio Marín Ugedo |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-080 | SEC v. Patrick G. Rooney and Solaris Management, LLC |
08/21/2014 | 11/19/2014 |
| 2014-079 | SEC v. CR Intrinsic Investors, LLC, Mathew Martoma, and Dr. Sidney Gilman |
07/21/2014 | 10/19/2014 |
| 2014-078 | SEC v. John Lazorchak, Mark S. Cupo, Mark D. Foldy, Michael L. Castelli, Lawrence D. Grum, Michael T. Pendolino, and James N. Deprado |
07/21/2014 | 10/19/2014 |
| 2014-077 | SEC v. Thomas Fletcher & Co. Inc., Thomas Fletcher & Company, Inc., Sergei Voronchenko, Roman Thaker, Alex Berg, John Donadio and Padraig McGlynn |
07/21/2014 | 10/19/2014 |
| 2014-076 | SEC v. Christopher A.T. Pedras (aka Chris Pedras aka Antone Thomas Pedras); Sylvester M. Gray II; Alicia Bryan; Maxum Gold Bnk Holdings Limited; Maxum Gold Bnk Holdings LLC; FMP Medical Services Limited; and FMP Medical Services LLC |
07/21/2014 | 10/19/2014 |
| 2014-075 | SEC v. Charles J. Dushek, Charles S. Dushek, and Capital Management Associates, Inc. |
07/21/2014 | 10/19/2014 |
| 2014-074 | SEC v. Marcus A. Luna; Nathan Montgomery; Adam Daskivich; David Murtha; St. Paul Venture Fund, LLC; Minnesota Venture Capital, Inc.; Real Estate of Minnesota, Inc.; and Matrix Venture Capital, Inc. |
07/21/2014 | 10/19/2014 |
| 2014-073 | SEC v. Robert Hurd, Your Best Memories International, Inc., and Kenneth Gross |
07/21/2014 | 10/19/2014 |
| 2014-072 | SEC v. AutoChina International Limited, Hui Kai Yan, Rui Ge Dong, Victory First Limited, Rainbow Yield Limited, Yong Qi Li, Ai Xi Ji, Ye Wang, Zhong Wen Zhang, Li Xin Ma, Yong Li Li, and Shu Ling Li |
07/21/2014 | 10/19/2014 |
| 2014-071 | In the Matter of Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. and Candace King Weir |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-070 | SEC v. Avanti Capital Partners, LLC, a Utah Limited Liability Company, Highland Residential, LLC, a Utah Limited Liability Company, and Ivan Wade Brown, an Individual |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-069 | SEC v. Anthony Vassallo, Kenneth Kenitzer and Equity Investment Management and Trading, Inc. |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-068 | SEC v. Charles Vista, LLC |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-067 | SEC v. Alberto William Vilar, and Gary Alan Tanaka |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-066 | SEC v. Behrooz Sarafraz |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-065 | SEC v. Herbert Richard Lawson, William B. Lawson, and John J. Cerullo |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-064 | SEC v. OM Investment Management LLC, Gignesh Movalia, and Edwin V. Gaw |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-063 | SEC v. Richard Olive and Susan Olive |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-062 | SEC v. S. Paul Kelley, George Tazbaz, Roger D. Lockhart, Robert S. Agriogianis, and Shawn A. Becker |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-061 | SEC v. Yuhe International, Inc. and Gao Zhentao |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-060 | In the Matter of Genesis Advisory Services Corp., ABJ Societe Anonyme Corp., and Bruce J. Fixelle |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-059 | In the Matter of Diego F. Hernandez, The Wealth Management Partners, LLC, Wealth Financial, Limited Liability Company, DFHR Investments, Inc., and HD Mile High Marketing, Inc. |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-058 | In the Matter of George B. Franz III and Ruby Corporation |
06/19/2014 | 09/17/2014 |
| 2014-057 | In the Matter of Liquidnet, Inc. |
06/06/2014 | 09/04/2014 |
| 2014-056 | In the Matter of New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE MKT LLC f/k/a NYSE Amex LLC, and Archipelago Securities, L.L.C. |
05/22/2014 | 08/20/2014 |
| 2014-055 | In the Matter of Hewlett-Packard Company |
05/22/2014 | 08/20/2014 |
| 2014-054 | SEC v. Steven B. Heinz and S.B. Heinz & Associates, Inc. |
05/22/2014 | 08/20/2014 |
| 2014-053 | SEC v. S. Paul Kelley, George Tazbaz, Roger D. Lockhart, Robert S. Agriogianis, and Shawn A. Becker |
05/22/2014 | 08/20/2014 |
| 2014-052 | SEC v. Armand R. Franquelin and Martin A. Pool |
05/22/2014 | 08/20/2014 |
| 2014-051 | SEC v. Glenn Hoppes, United States Energy Corp., TN-KY Development Fund LP, TN-KY Development Fund II LP, and TN-KY Development Fund III LP |
05/22/2014 | 08/20/2014 |
| 2014-050 | In the Matter of Visionary Trading LLC, Lightspeed Trading LLC, Andrew Actman, Joseph Dondero, Eugene Giaquinto, Lee Heiss, and Jason Medvin |
05/22/2014 | 08/20/2014 |
| 2014-049 | SEC v. Seven Palm Investments, LLC, Peter P. Veugeler, Cardiovascular Sciences, Inc., and Lawrence H. Hooper, Jr. |
05/22/2014 | 08/20/2014 |
| 2014-048 | SEC v. CVS Caremark Corp. |
05/22/2014 | 08/20/2014 |
| 2014-047 | SEC v. Syndicated Food Service International, Inc., Nick Pirgousis, Frank Dolney, William Brown, Gary Todd, Mario Casias, Delta Asset Management Company, LLC, William Keeler, William Scott, Iain H.T. Brown, Iain Brown, Fidra Holdings LTD., Jeffrey Richardson, Peter Moulinos, Michelle Kramish Kain, Joseph Ferragamo, Adam Klein, Christopher Quintana, and Thomas Tanis |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-046 | In the Matter of Worldwide Capital, Inc. and Jeffrey W. Lynn |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-045 | SEC v. John Kinnucan and Broadband Research Corporation |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-044 | SEC v. Juno Mother Earth Asset Management, LLC, Eugenio Verzili and Arturo Allan Rodriguez Lopez a/k/a Arturo Rodriguez |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-043 | SEC v. Certain Unknown Traders in the Securities of H.J. Heinz Company |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-042 | In the Matter of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-041 | SEC v. Dawn Wright-Olivares and Daniel Olivares |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-040 | In the Matter of Howard Feder and BDL Manager LLC |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-039 | SEC v. Samuel E. Wyly, Charles J. Wyly, Jr., Michael C. French, and Louis J. Schaufele III |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-038 | SEC v. Joseph Hilton f/k/a Joseph Yurkin, Pacific Northwestern Energy LLC, Rock Castle Drilling Fund LP, Rock Castle Drilling Fund II LP, and New Horizon Publishing Inc. |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-037 | SEC v. John S. Morgan, Marian I. Morgan, Morgan European Holdings ApS a/k/a Money Talks, Inc., ApS, Stephen E. Bowman, Bowman Marketing Group, Inc., and Thomas D. Woodcock, Jr. |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-036 | In the Matter of Jefferies LLC (formerly known as Jefferies & Company, Inc.) |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-035 | SEC v. Onyx Capital Advisors, LLC, Roy Dixon, Jr., and Michael A. Farr |
04/22/2014 | 07/21/2014 |
| 2014-034 | In the Matter of Ronald S. Bloomfield, Robert Gorgia, and John Earl Martin, Sr. |
03/24/2014 | 06/22/2014 |
| 2014-033 | SEC v. Henry Morris, David J. Loglisci, Nosemote LLC, Pantigo Emerging LLC, and Purpose LLC |
03/22/2014 | 06/20/2014 |
| 2014-032 | SEC v. George Garcy a/k/a Jorge Garcia, and Angelo Cuomo |
03/24/2014 | 06/22/2014 |
| 2014-031 | SEC v. Dean P. Gross and Gregory W. Laser |
03/22/2014 | 06/20/2014 |
| 2014-030 | SEC v. Secure Capital Funding Corporation, Bertram Augustus Hill, PP&M Trade Partners, and Kiavanni Pringle |
03/22/2014 | 06/20/2014 |
| 2014-029 | SEC v. China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc., NIVS Intellimedia Technology Group, Inc., Tianfu Li, and Xuemei Li |
03/24/2014 | 06/22/2014 |
| 2014-028 | In the Matter of Apple REIT Six, Inc.; Apple REIT Seven, Inc.; Apple REIT Eight, Inc.; Apple REIT Nine, Inc.; Apple Six Advisors, Inc.; Apple Seven Advisors, Inc., Apple Eight Advisors, Inc.; Apple Nine Advisors, Inc.; Glade M. Knight; and Bryan F. Peery, CPA |
03/24/2014 | 06/22/2014 |
| 2014-027 | SEC v. Delsa U. Thomas; The D. Christopher Capital Management Group, LLC; and The Solomon Fund, LP |
03/24/2014 | 06/22/2014 |
| 2014-026 | SEC v. Recycle Tech, Inc., Keven Sepe, Ronny J. Halperin, Ryan Gonzalez, OTC Solutions LLC, Anthony Thompson, Pudong LLC, Jay Fung and David Rees |
03/24/2014 | 06/22/2014 |
| 2014-025 | SEC v. Jeremy S. Fisher, The Good Life Financial Group, Inc., and The Good Life Global Enterprises, LLC |
03/24/2014 | 06/22/2014 |
| 2014-024 | SEC v. John J. Bravata, Richard J. Trabulsy, Antonio M. Bravata, BBC Equities, LLC, and Bravata Financial Group, LLC |
03/24/2014 | 06/22/2014 |
| 2014-023 | SEC v. Jerry S. Williams, Monk's Den, LLC, and First in Awareness, LLC |
03/24/2014 | 06/22/2014 |
| 2014-022 | SEC v. Burton Douglas Morriss, Acartha Group, LLC, MIC VII, LLC, Acartha Technology Partners, LP, and Gryphon Investments III, LLC |
03/07/2014 | 06/05/2014 |
| 2014-021 | SEC v. Diamond Foods, Inc. |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-020 | SEC v. David Blech and Margaret Chassman |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-019 | SEC v. Kareem Serageldin, David Higgs, Faisal Siddiqui and Salmaan Siddiqui |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-018 | SEC v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-017 | SEC v. Mark A. Lefkowitz, Compass Capital Group, Inc., Mark A. Lopez, Unico, Inc., Steven R. Peacock, Shane H. Traveller, and Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-016 | SEC v. Thomas Rubin, Christopher Scott, BGLR Enterprises, LLC, and E-Info Solutions LLC |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-015 | SEC v. Uriel Sharef, Ulrich Bock, Carlos Sergi, Stephan Signer, Herbert Steffen, Andres Truppel, and Bernd Regendantz |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-014 | SEC v. Joseph Paul Zada and Zada Enterprises, LLC |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-013 | In the Matter of Scottrade, Inc. |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-012 | In the Matter of Western Asset Management Company |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-011 | In the Matter of Alcoa Inc. |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-010 | In the Matter of KPMG LLP |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-009 | In the Matter of Credit Suisse Group AG |
02/24/2014 | 05/25/2014 |
| 2014-008 | SEC v. Marek Leszczynski, Benjamin Chouchane, Gregory Reyftmann, and Henry A. Condron |
01/17/2014 | 04/17/2014 |
| 2014-007 | In the Matter of Daniel Bogar, Bernerd E. Young, and Jason T. Green |
01/17/2014 | 04/17/2014 |
| 2014-006 | SEC v. William Landberg, Kevin Kramer, Steven Gould, Janis Barsuk, West End Financial Advisors LLC, West End Capital Management LLC, and Sentinel Investment Management Corporation |
01/17/2014 | 04/17/2014 |
| 2014-005 | SEC v. Lawrence J. Robbins |
01/17/2014 | 04/17/2014 |
| 2014-004 | SEC v. Waldyr Da Silva Prado Neto |
01/17/2014 | 04/17/2014 |
| 2014-003 | SEC v. Weatherford International Ltd. |
01/17/2014 | 04/17/2014 |
| 2014-002 | In the Matter of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. |
01/17/2014 | 04/17/2014 |
| 2014-001 | In the Matter of GLG Partners, Inc. and GLG Partners, L.P. |
01/17/2014 | 04/17/2014 |
| 2013-7 | SEC v. Igor Cornelsen and Bainbridge Group Inc. |
01/04/2013 | 04/04/2013 |
Last Reviewed or Updated: Nov. 12, 2025