CFTC names whistleblower office director
July 16, 2013 | 06:57 PM
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler today announced that Christopher Ehrman has been named the new director of the CFTC’s Whistleblower Office.
The Whistleblower Office, created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, operates a program through which the commission may reward individuals who voluntarily provide original information about violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.
The whistleblower program is governed by the commission’s rules, which the CFTC said prospective whistleblowers should review to understand the requirements of the program, including how to submit a tip, how to maintain eligibility, and how to claim an award.
Ehrman joins the CFTC from the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he most recently served as an assistant director in the Office of Market Intelligence in the Division of Enforcement.
In this role, he oversaw the processing, review and assignment of all tips, complaints and referrals received by the SEC, and undertook a wide variety of speaking engagements relative to securities regulation and the work of the OMI.
Ehrman also served as the co-national coordinator for the Microcap Fraud Working Group, a group charged with creating ways to detect, disrupt and prosecute fraud relating to securities quoted on the over-the-counter market.
Ehrman also previously served in a variety of other roles within the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, including branch chief, senior counsel, and staff attorney.
Before joining the federal government, he spent six years in private legal practice covering securities-related matters. Ehrman is a graduate of Miami University and the University of Kentucky College of Law.
The Whistleblower Office, created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, operates a program through which the commission may reward individuals who voluntarily provide original information about violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.
The whistleblower program is governed by the commission’s rules, which the CFTC said prospective whistleblowers should review to understand the requirements of the program, including how to submit a tip, how to maintain eligibility, and how to claim an award.
Ehrman joins the CFTC from the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he most recently served as an assistant director in the Office of Market Intelligence in the Division of Enforcement.
In this role, he oversaw the processing, review and assignment of all tips, complaints and referrals received by the SEC, and undertook a wide variety of speaking engagements relative to securities regulation and the work of the OMI.
Ehrman also served as the co-national coordinator for the Microcap Fraud Working Group, a group charged with creating ways to detect, disrupt and prosecute fraud relating to securities quoted on the over-the-counter market.
Ehrman also previously served in a variety of other roles within the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, including branch chief, senior counsel, and staff attorney.
Before joining the federal government, he spent six years in private legal practice covering securities-related matters. Ehrman is a graduate of Miami University and the University of Kentucky College of Law.
