Monsanto whistleblower gets $22.5 million from SEC, lawyer says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awarded nearly $22.5 million to a whistleblower who reported Monsanto for allegedly violating accounting rules and misstating company earnings pertaining to its Roundup herbicide product, the former Monsanto employee's lawyer said Tuesday.
Creve Coeur-based Monsanto in February agreed to pay an $80 million civil penalty to resolve an SEC investigation into financial reporting of the company's customer incentive programs related to its glyphosate products...