The United States of America succeeded in attracting more whistle-blowers to report to the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crime Enforcement Organization (FinCEN) on the involvement of banks in violation of sanctions or anti-money laundering measures. A law signed in December by US President Joe Biden along with the 2023 budget helped attract people to participate in the program.. Bloomberg writes about this, citing people familiar with the issue..

This document expanded the scope of the initiative and complemented it with a reward system.

People, in particular, can report circumvention of restrictions applied to Russian oligarchs and expose the covert assistance of the Russian Federation from banks in waging war against Ukraine..

At the same time, informants whose information turned out to be useful should receive minimum payments.. Whistleblowers can be allocated up to 30% of the money collected based on relevant data, and the minimum reward is 10%. They may also receive funds from a "

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The interlocutors of the publication noted that FinCEN received 100 messages from whistleblowers in three weeks of 2023, while only a hundred requests were received in the previous two years..

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Bloomberg explained that the U.S. Department of the Treasury previously focused on violations of bank secrecy laws and the fight against money laundering.. Lawyer Poppy Alexander said that she had previously rejected whistleblowers' appeals about violations of sanctions, including the illegal flow of Russian assets through banks.. Now she's waiting for some clients to return..

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At the same time, lawyers point out the need to increase the number of FinCEN employees to process applications and draft documents based on the information received..

" It's not just a matter of corporate crime, it's about US national security,"

The publication found that the US government increased the FinCEN budget by 18%. Now the organization plans to expand its staff of three "

" FinCEN actively engages with whistleblower advocates, reviewing appeals and forwarding relevant cases for investigation. "

However, lawyers believe that US law also has some drawbacks, since most whistleblower workers will not be adequately protected from retaliation by employers..

States use over three decades of anti-harassment laws. Bloomberg writes that, according to human rights activists, they do not sufficiently protect employees who report internal problems of certain institutions and contain other shortcomings..

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Earlier it became known that the US Attorney's Office plans to transfer $ 5.4 million confiscated from the Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev to the restoration of Ukraine.