SEC PAYS WHISTLEBLOWER USD22 MILLION OVER MONSANTO TIP-OFF
September 1st, 2016
The US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted an anonymous whistleblower helping unmask an unnamed fraud more than USD22.4 million. The reason - said Jane Norberg, acting chief at the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower: “It would have been extremely difficult for law enforcement to discover this securities fraud on its own.”
However, the whistleblower has not been silent about the alleged identity of the perpetrator, with an official representative - Stuart Meissner - pointing to agrichemicals giant Monsanto, which paid out USD80 million in ...
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