The Securities and Exchange Commission today moved to implement a new whistleblower program, one that includes lavish new rewards and expanded protection, but that has also triggered concerns that it will decimate internal compliance programs.

The program is mandated by Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and is intended to boost SEC efforts to uncover fraud – and avoid the next Bernie Madoff.

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