Merrill Lynch Whistle-Blowers Help SEC Win $415 Million Settlement Against Bank of America
One of the more powerful rules enacted through the Dodd-Frank Act after the last financial crisis enables insiders of companies to step forward to identify possible fraud. In 2016, three Merrill Lynch (Bank of America) employees had the courage (and financial incentive) to blow the whistle on complex transactions that artificially reduced the amount of customer funds that had to be set aside in reserve accounts. This illicit activity essentially allowed Merrill Lynch to finan