📢 Whistleblower Awards

U.S. Customs and Border Protection may pay informants up to 25% of duties, fines, penalties, or forfeitures recovered — capped at $250,000 — for original inform…

Under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, courts may award whistleblowers up to 50% of criminal fines for reporting illegal ocean dumping by vessels — awar…

California's False Claims Act allows whistleblowers to sue on behalf of state and local governments for fraud and share 15–33% of amounts recovered.

New York's False Claims Act lets private citizens (relators) sue on behalf of the state for fraud against government programs — uniquely including state tax fra…

Auto-industry employees/contractors can report safety defects and reporting violations for up to 30% of resulting penalties over $1M.

Report money laundering or sanctions violations. Awards of 10–30% of monetary sanctions when penalties exceed $1M.

Sue on behalf of the government for fraud against federal programs (healthcare, defense, contracts). Relators receive 15–30% of recovered funds.

Report commodities/derivatives fraud and manipulation to the CFTC. Awards of 10–30% of sanctions over $1M.

Report securities-law violations (fraud, insider trading, FCPA). Awards of 10–30% of monetary sanctions when penalties exceed $1M.

Report major tax underpayment or fraud. If the IRS collects based on your info (disputes over $2M), you can receive 15–30% of the amount recovered.