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PostSubject: Get ready for a nation of SEC-loving paid informants   Get ready for a nation of SEC-loving paid informants Icon_minitimeSat Jul 24, 2010 5:42 am

Whistleblowers Hit Jackpot Thanks to New Finance Law

The new financial reform law contains a little-noticed provision that could do a lot to clean up Wall Street—a whistleblower incentive. Under the new law, anyone who provides “original information” that leads to a successful SEC fraud case will be entitled to 10% to 30% of whatever fines or settlements the government exacts from the company, the LA Times reports.

One Washington lawyer predicts the law will “have an immediate impact,” incentivizing insiders to step forward. “It is the secret weapon in this massive bill,” she said. But some fear employees will run to the SEC instead of addressing problems through internal channels. “I’m skeptical,” says one libertarian scholar. “Congress sees this as free money, but do we want to live in a society with paid informants everywhere?”

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-reform-whistleblower-20100723,0,6099636.story
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