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The pay-for-tips whistleblower program model is poised to expand

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Julie DiMauro

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A growing recognition that these programs work when whistleblowers are paid is helping to fuel the spread.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced it is launching a pilot program for individual whistleblowers who report wrongdoing to it. It supplements the programs already underway at the SEC and Commodities Futures Commission – but it might not be the last one to be announced this year.

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