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Only time will tell if the USA's new whistleblower program will bear fruit

WHIP will reward whistleblowers at an earlier stage of the prosecution. Buddy Parker discusses whether it's substantive or performative.

Article label: Opinion

Buddy Parker, MKS Law

US President Donald Trump (C) speaks alongside (L-R) White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller, Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General for the National Fraud Enforcement Division Colin McDonald, conservative influencer Nick Shirley, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz, U.S. Vice President JD Vance and members of White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on October 20, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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On October 20, 2026, the US Justice Department (DOJ) and the National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division) announced the establishment of the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program (WHIP), the “first ever whistleblower rewards program that pays an up-front award for tips leading to criminal charges.”[1]

WHIP “will pay whistleblowers an award

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