Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Will Whistle-Blowing Be Millions Well Spent?

Excerpts via Forbes.
Dodd-Frank is about to make whistle-blowers filthy rich. That's a mistake.
Sometimes the best intentions make the worst laws. This may be the case with the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. A provision of the Act that rewards whistle-blowers who provide the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") with information relating to securities laws violations may present more headaches than viable information for regulators investigating violations.
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Under the Act, the whistle-blower could be a foreign official or foreign agent. If the SEC were required to make a 20 million whistle-blower payment to a foreign official, what would the political ramifications be? Foreign officials may find whistle-blower rewards a source of revenue worthy of reporting on colleagues or agents.
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