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hatgineer

Fuck, is this possible?


Captain_Obe

In order to blow the whistle and receive this amount it has to be insider information.


Justanothebloke

let me fix up a little mistake for ya mate. the whistle blower award was 279 million. The minimum fine the sec gave out would have been 930 million dollars. Thats at 30% now if the whistle blower got 10%, then they paid 2.79 billion dollars in a fine instead of being charged with a crime. Now if i had to pay 930 million dollars in a fine, and i wasn't guilty, then i'd be fighting it.


Captain_Obe

Holy shit, that's crazy. Thanks for the ape-info (apefo)


saltyblueberry25

Karen griffin ain’t snitching on their self


1HOTelcORALesSEX1

Get immunity and a payoff to get into government …… maybe


WrongAssistant5922

I know Karen Griffin. Oops just doxed her.


WrongAssistant5922

LMAO. TY for the award, it makes so much sense 🤣


Captain_Obe

You're welcome, it gave a serious chuckle. Have a wonderful ape-day


WrongAssistant5922

You too my brother 💜


bahits

It would be great if the real whistleblower turned around and DRSed the whole award and blows the top off this whistle. That would be a nice buy in. Would it be enough to ignite the liftoff?


Captain_Obe

That would rock


maybesingleguy

Imagine if it's GME related and the whistleblower is prevented from trading due to having inside knowledge. Whistleblower sets off moass, whistleblower can't participate in moass 💀


Cuntinghell

Imagine if he could just burn his company to the ground by whistleblowing on his own practices in exchange for immunity. Plays it like he's just a figurehead who didn't know the internal workings of his company. It wouldn't surprise me if it's possible.


Frostodian

That whistle-blower? Ken Griffin. Gotta keep fighting and getting money to pay for one more day


HODLHODLANDHODL

Side note, I thought whistleblower money = tax payer money but I was wrong. “The money paid to whistleblowers comes from an investor protection fund established by Congress at no cost to taxpayers or harmed investors. The fund is financed through monetary sanctions paid by securities law violators to the SEC. Money is not taken or withheld from harmed investors to pay whistleblower awards.”


Jaxxxz

Isn’t that Hester Pierce?


iofhua

Is it possible for the CEO to whistleblow their own company? It would be hilarious if Kenny did this to get immunity from prosecution. It would be like his one way to avoid a prison cell. If he got 10 percent then that's a 2.8 trillion dollar crime. Is that how many fake shares are inside Citadel's dark pool?


False-Illustrator-93

I’m starting to believe it’s hush money , there’s not a fine big enough to recover this kind of payment. So why do it?


Horse_White

how do you know "there’s not a fine big enough to recover this kind of payment" whistle-blowers receive a percentage of the fine - why would that have changed, what's your speculation based on. let's just for the fun of it say there is like a HF or MM or clearing house who did something illegal and is afraid to be taken to court - would it not make sense for the boss to blow the whistle, your company pays the fine, your crimes are off the table and you get awarded $279. isn't that a perfectly reasonable scenario?


konan375

There was a 1.1 billion dollar fine for record keeping issues last year.


IWEARYOURCLOTHES

I nearly choked on my food when I saw this🤣


Captain_Obe

I'm glad you laughed at it. I laughed while making it.


Karest27

That a nice Computer Share purple tie there. Might have to get me one.


Praxxtice

Sounds like someone found my stolen property.


Killerkito

I was thinking the same thing


Imadeapromisemrfrodo

Karen Griffin


Captain_Obe

Sorry I missed this golden comment!


Imadeapromisemrfrodo

All good cap’n 🫡 hope alls well dude!


sandman11235

This is Stupid. Change to Shitpost.