📢 Whistleblower Awards Open to Anyone (National & Online)

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…

The Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG) investigates fraud, waste, and abuse in defense contracting, procurement, and military programs. Tips from

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accepts tips about violations of federal environmental laws — illegal dumping, air and water pollution, illegal pestic…

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) investigates reports of nuclear safety violations at US nuclear power plants, research reactors, fuel facilities, and me…

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) supervises all national banks and federal savings associations. The OCC accepts tips about fraud, unsafe ban…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) accepts tips about financial companies violating consumer protection laws — predatory lending, deceptive debt co…

The Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2022 created a new federal whistleblower program administered by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Net…

The Department of Labor investigates claims by workers who faced retaliation for reporting wage theft, OSHA violations, ERISA violations, FMLA violations, or ot…

OSHA administers 25+ whistleblower protection statutes covering workers who report workplace safety violations, environmental violations, securities fraud, airl…

The False Claims Act allows private citizens ("relators") to file lawsuits on behalf of the US government against contractors or individuals defrauding the fede…

The IRS Whistleblower Office pays awards to people who report tax underpayments or tax fraud. For cases where the amount in dispute exceeds $2 million, informan…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program awards between 10% and 30% of monetary sanctions in CFTC actions where the sanctions excee…

The SEC Whistleblower Program pays monetary awards to eligible individuals who voluntarily provide original information about a possible violation of the federa…

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…

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.