From the original article: >Whistleblower awards can range from 10 percent to 30 percent of the money collected when the monetary sanctions exceed $1 million.

From the original article: >Whistleblower awards can range from 10 percent to 30 percent of the money collected when the monetary sanctions exceed $1 million. The incentives work fine in this case. The whistleblower gets a fraction of the fine recovered from the perpetrator, so the net effect for the government is still positive.