Jan. 30, 2026
DOJ issues first antitrust whistleblower reward in Central District case
The Justice Department awarded its first Antitrust Division whistleblower payout, granting $1 million to an anonymous source whose tip uncovered a $16 million bid-rigging scheme tied to online auto auctioneer EBLOCK.
In a milestone for federal law enforcement in the Central District of California, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday the first whistleblower reward issued by its Antitrust Division.
An anonymous individual received a $1 million award for providing original information that exposed a massive bid-rigging and wire fraud scheme involving EBLOCK Corporation, an international online vehicle auction platform. The whistleblower's report led to a deferred prosecution agree...
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