Whistleblower

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of more than $5 million to a whistleblower whose information led to a successful SEC enforcement action.  The whistleblower provided a tip and additional information that helped SEC staff shape its investigative strategy, identify witnesses, and draft documents and information requests. The whistleblower also internally reported concerns before submitting information to the SEC. 

Whistleblowers have made serious allegations against Leonteq. In addition, EY's auditors are said to have preferred not to look too closely at the long-standing client. Whistleblowers say EY has downplayed suspicions of money laundering and tax evasion in an investigation of its long-standing client Leonteq, the Financial Times (FT) reported.

Lithuanian crypto payment processor Mirhax recently came to our attention as a payment facilitator at the BBanc broker scam (report here). The potential BBanc victims were offered on the scam's payment page to buy cryptos via credit or debit card using Mirhax. These are then transferred to the BBanc scammers' wallets. The BBanc victims are directed to the Mirhax payment page via a referral link. It does not seem to be a deep integration.