SEC: Former Monsanto exec to get $22.5M as whistleblower

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A former Monsanto Co. financial executive who tipped off regulators about the agribusiness giant's accounting practices involving rebates for its Roundup weed-killer will get nearly $22.5 million as a whistleblower, federal securities regulators announced Tuesday.

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