J.P. Morgan received an $18 million civil penalty for a standalone violation of the Dodd-Frank whistleblower-protection rule, the largest penalty on record for such a violation.
Notes on verification
Confirmed directly by SEC's own press release (2024-7) and enforcement results release (2024-186), plus independent corroboration from whistleblower law firms and industry news tracking SEC enforcement actions. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- SEC Announces Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2024 (seed:economics_and_business)
- https://www.phillipsandcohen.com/sec-brings-in-a-record-setting-8-2-billion/ (corroboration)
- https://whistleblowersblog.org/corporate-whistleblowers/sec-whistleblowers/whistleblowers-play-crucial-role-in-secs-record-enforcement-year/ (corroboration)
- https://www.phillipsandcohen.com/secs-fine-against-j-p-morgan/ (corroboration)