Fraudsters brace for impact. Since 2011, SEC whistleblower cases have enabled the Commission to recover more than $1 billion in financial sanctions from wrongdoers, resulting in more than $250 million in awards for whistleblowers. Under the SEC Whistleblower-Reward Program, whistleblowers are eligible for monetary awards when they provide the SEC with original information about violations that lead to successful enforcement actions with monetary sanctions in excess of $1 million.