The CFTC’s Whistleblower Program, created by the Dodd-Frank Act, provides monetary incentives to individuals who come forward to report possible violations of the Commodity Exchange Act. It also provides anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers. The CFTC’s Whistleblower Office administers the program.

The whistleblower program can pay whistleblowers 10 to 30 percent of what the CFTC collects if the whistleblower’s information leads to a successful enforcement action resulting in monetary sanctions exceeding $1.000.000.

The CFTC’s Whistleblower Office releases whistleblower alerts to inform potential whistleblowers of information that may be of interest to the Division of Enforcement.

Whistleblowers can provide information about the domestic operations of the international criminal organizations behind romance frauds, such as the names of individuals opening bank or crypto currency accounts to facilitate romance scams.

If you paid a scammer with a credit or debit card, you may be able to stop the transaction. Contact your credit card company or bank right away. Tell them what happened and ask for a “chargeback” to reverse the charges.

If you paid a scammer using a money transfer app, contact the company behind the app. If the app is linked to a credit card or debit card, contact your credit card company or bank first.