"Now, in the middle of the proverbial football game, the Commission has moved the goal posts on literally hundreds of SEC whistleblowers," the complaint said.

Among the Biden transition advisers are a number of former Obama administration officials, including some who were involved in the Dodd-Frank reforms that followed the financial crisis.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled there was no right to privacy for PPP borrowers, noting their participation in the "colossal outlay of taxpayer funds."

"The spin is just remarkable," Sean McKessy, former SEC whistleblower chief, said. "Overall, this is a net-negative for whistleblowers."

DOJ has "identified nearly 500 PPP-related subjects—individuals we believe have fraudulently requested or received hundreds of millions of dollars" as well as several criminal rings.

A new TransUnion survey finds economic anxiety is growing as more consumers cut back on saving for retirement.

With the latest award, the SEC topped its previous record: a $39 million bounty issued in 2018.

“You need to slow this down,” U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington said Thursday. “You're like a freight train out of control.”