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Scott Bessent: “The money [for whistleblower rewards] is going to come from…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 02:26

And if you say something and it turns out that you have helped us make a big recovery, we want to pay for that. And it's fincen.gov whistleblower and who's eligible? Anyone in the United States, I guess. Where will The money [for whistleblower rewards] is going to come from the recoveries that we get the fines, we let the fines levy. And again, we want to call this back for the American people. These Minneapolis numbers are astounding. They keep getting bigger and bigger. The lack of oversight. (02:26–02:32)

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Asserts that whistleblower rewards will be funded by fines collected from fraud recoveries.

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