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> If you want anonymity you'll need to go through a lawyer

Sounds like a business opportunity then — the company just needs a lawyer on staff. Whistleblower fields the company with a tip, company splits the SEC reward with the whistleblower, maintains anonymity.

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Sadly this is the type of bounty hunting that seems quite likely to get a bounty placed on one’s own head. Making a career out of angering the rich and powerful by going after their money isn’t likely to end well.

You’ve got it backwards, the rich should fear the masses. There’s a reason Leland Stanford moved to Palo Alto.

> the rich should fear the masses

Only if the masses could coordinate, which doesn't happen easily.

Mob emergence is another hazard, and requires little coordination.

What's that reason, for those presently unenlightened?

He wasn’t making many friends and his home in Nob Hill was easy to find.

Ideas are cheap, execution is all that matters.

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