The bottom line

$1bn

How much US financial watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has paid out in awards to 207 whistleblowers since 2012, including $500m this fiscal year. The SEC last week announced awards of $110m (its second-highest ever) and $4m.

£312m

The losses suffered by victims in the UK to bank transfer fraud between 2019 and 2020 after cases of internet banking fraud doubled that year, according to Home Office figures. Of that total, just £147m (47%) was reimbursed by banks.

3.6 million pesos

The value (£130,000) of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s safe house in Culiacán, northwestern Mexico.

The house was seized after being raided by marines in 2014, and was raffled off last week by the Mexican government. The holder of ticket number 1,438,619 claimed the prize.

€950

The “birth grant” paid to parents in France, one of the 28% of countries worldwide to have adopted “pronatalist” policies. The Social Market Foundation (SMF) think tank has warned Britain is facing a “baby shortage” and resulting “long-term economic stagnation”.

£1.1bn

The cost of the project to extend London’s Northern line, in the first major expansion of the Underground network since the Jubilee line was opened in the late 1990s. The two new stations, Battersea

Power Station and Nine Elms, opened on Monday.

£35m

How much Simon Cowell (pictured), the creator of TheX Factor TV series, has turned down for the Malibu mansion he bought for £17.5m four years ago, says The Mail on Sunday.

The 1.6-acre property has views of the Pacific Ocean, a tennis court, and access to a secluded beach.