Final Order Issued Pursuant to Section 165.7(h) of the Whistleblower Rules

An Attorney Advisor in the CFTC's Whistleblower Office, Melanie Devoe, spoke at FIA’s Law & Compliance Division Conference in Washington, DC.  Ms. Devoe will participate in a panel titled “Blowing the Whistle.”

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a whistleblower award of approximately $625,000 to four whistleblowers. This award recognizes the contributions of each of them, three of whom provided support to the CFTC jointly. One of the whistleblowers received a higher award percentage to recognize that he or she provided the highest level of ongoing assistance and cooperation to the Division of Enforcement.