GE and fraud?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ge-plunges-after-whistleblower-calls-it-a-bigger-fraud-than-enron/ar-AAFQjYf?ocid=se


https://www.wsj.com/articles/ge-is-new-target-of-madoff-whistleblower-11565866617?mod=djemCFO


https://www.gefraud.com/

Whistleblowers receive reward

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sec-whistleblower/u-s-sec-awards-merrill-lynch-whistleblowers-a-record-83-million-idUSKBN1GV2MT Bank of America, Merrill Lynch

Health South CFOs warn against loosening SOX rules

http://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2017/03/08/former-healthsouth-cfos-warn-against-loosening-sox-rules/

Survey of accountants - ethics and careers

http://www.careersinaudit.com/pdfdocuments/Audit%20and%20Risk%20Survey%20Results%202015%20-%20CareersinAudit.pdf

SEC makes whistleblower award

https://www.complianceweek.com/blogs/enforcement-action/sec-issues-another-big-whistleblower-award#.Va5UeflVikp http://www.sec.gov/news/pressrelease/2015-150.html The award is $3 million, although the SEC press release does not name the organization where the fraud was, or the individual who received it. This is the third highest award to date.

SEC whistleblowing tips highest in three years

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/18/us-sec-whistleblower-idUSKCN0J220620141118 For Fiscal year 2014, this was the highest year of whistleblowing tips.

Whistleblowers can be costly

http://www.complianceweek.com/blogs/enforcement-action/study-whistleblowers-are-even-more-costly-than-you-thought#.VGOW5PnF9Np See this article highlighting recent research.

Fraud reporting per 2014 survey

http://www.complianceweek.com/blogs/the-filing-cabinet/report-fraud-and-retaliation-on-the-rise#.VCrkXvldXDZ Fraud and retaliation against whistleblowers who report the fraud is increasing according to the 2014 Compliance Report compiled by The Network. This is an all-time high since the first report in 2005. Mobile reporting applications are a way this is being reported.

SEC to pay whisleblower award

http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/News/201410983.htm $30 million award is twice the previous record amount

$300,000 whistleblower reward paid by SEC

http://ww2.cfo.com/regulation/2014/08/sec-dishing-300000-whistleblower-award-internal-auditor/ The reward was paid to an internal auditor who took actions when in-house management failed to act on the finding.

Whistleblower record amount from SEC

at $14 million.  Recipient wishes to stay anonymous. http://www.complianceweek.com/sec-awards-whistleblower-14-million-largest-bounty-thus-far/article/314359/

In 2013, quite a few tips, from each of 50 states and many countries  http://www.complianceweek.com/sec-received-3238-whistleblower-tips-in-2013-from-all-50-states-55-foreign-countries/article/321390/

whistleblower reward

from SEC, sparks concerns that some individuals will prefer to go that route, instead of reporting first in-house.   8 tips a day since the program was implemented last year.
http://www3.cfo.com/article/2012/8/risk-compliance_sec-iia-whistleblower-chambers-goldman