Confidentiality

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Am I really anonymous/protected if I report a complaint?

All Internet reports, voice messages and live conversations received by WB-Resources, LLC are converted to a text report and then anonymously posted to our secure website where it can be view by the audit committee. The Audit Committee will not know who you are unless you choose to reveal yourself. The Audit Committee never hears or sees your original report and only receives the text information using a unique user name and password on our secure server. These reports whether individualized or in aggregate are never faxed or emailed. Our staff is committed to ensure that no report is ever shared with an implicated party, their peers or subordinates.

The Act contains many employment related provisions – one of which relates to the protection of employees. The Act creates federal protection for “whistleblowers” when they act lawfully to disclose information about questionable accounting or auditing matters within their firms. Companies and individuals who seek to retaliate against such employees face severe criminal penalties based on the following sections:

Section 1107 — Retaliation Against Informants - Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(a) In General. Section 1513 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(e) Whoever knowingly, with the intent to retaliate, takes any action harmful to any person, including interference with the lawful employment or livelihood of any person, for providing to a law enforcement officer any truthful information relating to the commission or possible commission of any Federal offense, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.".
Section 1106 — Increased Criminal Penalties under Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Section 32(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended—
(1) by striking "$ 1,000,000, or imprisoned not more than 10 years" and inserting "$ 5,000,000, or imprisoned not more than 20 years"; and
(2) by striking "$ 2,500,000" and inserting "$ 25,000,000".

WB-Resources, LLC takes confidentiality and anonymity seriously. We have selected to use technical and procedural controls as well as an intense training program to ensure that informants and the disclosed information are kept secure. To ensure information provided is secure: (1) the original information is converted into a text report and stored in our secure sever. (2)WB-Resources uses leading 128-bit encryption technology and (3) Secure Socket Layers while processing all information (received or supplied).

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