South Carolina SEC Whistleblower Attorneys

Do you have information about a violation of federal securities laws by a company you work for or have invested with? The SEC has a “Whistleblower” program that may reward you for tips about those violations. Whistleblower awards can be granted in cases where the SEC’s enforcement proceeding based on a Whistleblower tip results in sanctions of $1 million or more from the company responsible for the violations. In addition to benefiting you personally, your tip can help protect the public against existing or future securities law violations.

The SEC has specific steps to be followed for a tip to be eligible for a Whistleblower reward. Our experienced South Carolina SEC Whistleblower attorneys will make sure your tip is submitted correctly, and on top of that, we’ll work with you to provide as much detail as possible about the securities law violations you’re reporting. Giving the SEC as much detail as possible about the violations you’re reporting will help make it easier for the SEC to act on your tip, which is important because the SEC lacks the resources to investigate most of the Whistleblower tips it receives.

In cases where the SEC does investigate a tip, and that tip results in an enforcement action that yields a financial penalty of at least $1 million, you may receive a Whistleblower award of between 10% and 30% of the collected penalty. Because penalties for serious securities law violations can be significant, Whistleblower awards are often in the millions of dollars. If you have questions about what you believe may be information about securities law violations, contact us today. We’ll schedule a confidential consultation where we can explain how we can help you prepare and submit your Whistleblower tip.

We have some very experienced attorneys who know the securities laws and how the SEC reviews the many Whistleblower tips it receives. Among our attorneys are a former SEC Enforcement Attorney and several lawyers with experience defending Wall Street clients involved in securities law cases. Our depth of experience allows us to assist our Whistleblower clients from South Carolina, the rest of the US, and around the world with their Whistleblower claims. Our goal is to get the SEC to act on our clients’ Whistleblower tips, and we will work hard on your behalf to do everything we can to make that happen.

A “whistleblower,” according to the SEC, must be an individual person, not a corporation, partnership, or LLC. The person must voluntarily provide truthful information to the SEC about a potential violation of federal securities laws. The Whistleblower tips must be submitted through the SEC’s online system. They must indicate that they are asking to be treated as a Whistleblower tip to qualify for a Whistleblower award. Our SEC Whistleblower lawyers use their experience to make sure that the tips we submit for our South Carolina clients – and for all of our other clients – are submitted correctly so that they qualify for Whistleblower status.

Some of our clients ask if whistleblower tips can be submitted anonymously. They can – provided you’re working with one of our SEC Whistleblower attorneys. The SEC will not permit individuals to submit anonymous tips and benefit from Whistleblower awards but expressly permit it when an attorney submits the tip on the anonymous client’s behalf.

While most Whistleblower awards are substantial – in the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars – some are extremely large. One Whistleblower award – the largest to date – was $279 million, awarded to a single person, and was more than double the next largest award of $114 million.

When asked about that record $279 million Whistleblower award, our SEC Whistleblower attorneys stated that “While we were not involved in this case, this SEC whistleblower award recognizes the strength of the SEC Whistleblower Program, and the ability for SEC Whistleblowers to be handsomely rewarded for coming forward and reporting to the SEC.”

Our South Carolina SEC Whistleblower team includes attorneys with decades of experience in securities laws, both in the public and private sectors. It includes an attorney with Wall Street defense experience, a former SEC prosecutor, and attorneys who have worked as investor rights advocates. We also rely on a talented team of forensic financial investigators and accountants who help us uncover the details of the violations we’re reporting to the SEC on behalf of our South Carolina Whistleblower clients. By doing everything we can to make our South Carolina Whistleblower cases ones that the SEC will investigate, we make it more likely that our clients will benefit from a substantial Whistleblower award.

Many securities law violations can result in a Whistleblower award from the SEC, including:

• Insider Trading
• Ponzi Schemes
• Investment and securities fraud
• Accounting Fraud by Publicly Traded Companies
• Investment Adviser Fraud
• Fraudulent and unregistered securities offerings
• Market Manipulation Or Pump And Dump Schemes
• Hedge fund fraud
• Commodities and Futures Fraud
• Broker-dealer and Stockbroker Misconduct
• Inadequate internal controls or Supervisory Systems
• EB-5 investment fraud
• False or misleading statements about a company or investment; Violations of auditor independence rules
• Foreign bribery and other FCPA violations

Our South Carolina SEC Whistleblower attorneys are ready to discuss your whistleblower tip with you and explain how the Whistleblower process works. If your employer is violating the federal securities laws, you have a right to report it – anonymously, through our Whistleblower attorneys – and can benefit significantly if it results in an enforcement action and a significant penalty. Or if you’ve been the victim of a Ponzi scheme, a “pump and dump” trading scheme, or another kind of fraud, your tip may be your chance to help others while netting yourself a significant Whistleblower award.

The Silver Law Group and the Law Firm of David R. Chase have a strategic partnership in place to benefit our Whistleblower clients. By bringing our strengths together, we can help South Carolina Whistleblower clients and other clients from across the US and worldwide. When you speak with one of our experienced South Carolina Whistleblower attorneys, we’ll listen to what you have to say and then explain how we can help you submit your tip to the SEC accurately and compellingly.

Scott L. Silver, Esq. is the author of a highly-regarded outline of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program, which we distribute at no cost on request. David R. Chase, Esq. formerly worked with the SEC as an Enforcement Attorney and understands how the SEC selects which Whistleblower tips to investigate. Together, we are devoted to helping our South Carolina Whistleblower clients prepare and submit their tips to the SEC and to doing everything we can to submit tips that the SEC will investigate – because investigations lead to enforcement actions, and enforcement actions lead to the penalties that result in Whistleblower awards.

Contact us today if you are in South Carolina and have a whistleblower tip. We can schedule a confidential consultation with one of our experienced Whistleblower attorneys, who will be able to tell you more about how we can help you prepare and submit your tip. Call us at (800) 975-4345, or use our contact form to schedule a free and confidential consultation.