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OPINION: Rewarding whistleblowers should not be seen as bounty hunting

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Tony McClements discusses Jonathan Fisher KC’s independent review, “Fraud in the Digital Age” and argues whistleblowers should be compensated.

For many years, I have argued (Opinion: Why compensating UK whistleblowers would be a positive step) that the UK must financially recompense whistleblowers who expose serious fraud, bribery, corruption, and money laundering.

This position has sometimes been treated as controversial, even distasteful, by those who dislike the idea of “paying

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