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PCAOB Fined RSM US $15,000 for Taking Its Sweet-Ass Time to File a Form 3
Say a PCAOB-registered accounting firm is a defendant or respondent in an administrative or disciplinary […]
Ex-KPMG Partner’s Fraud Trial: David Middendorf and Jeffrey Wada GUILTY!
A Manhattan jury on Monday convicted former KPMG partner David Middendorf and former Public Company […]
Ex-KPMG Partner’s Fraud Trial: David Middendorf Takes the Stand
Law360 court reporter Jack Newsham wrote on Feb. 28 that it could happen this week, […]
Grant Thornton Current and Former Partners Will Have a Seat In the PCAOB’s Penalty Box
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board doled out suspensions to a current partner and a […]
Ex-KPMG Partner’s Fraud Trial: What David Middendorf Allegedly Said Once the Scheme Started to Unravel
OK guys, things are starting to get good in the David Middendorf trial. We now […]
Ex-KPMG Partner’s Fraud Trial: Brian Sweet Takes the Stand
The trial of ex-KPMG partner David Middendorf keeps rolling along, as prosecutors on Feb. 19 […]
Ex-KPMG Partner’s Fraud Trial: Opening Arguments
A jury heard opening arguments in a Manhattan courtroom on Feb. 12 in the trial […]
The PCAOB Needs to Just Beat the Sh*t Out of KPMG Already
Story time. Many, many years ago when my favorite show was the Snorks and my […]
The Person At the PCAOB Who Auditors Feared the Most Is Now Their Friend
In an interesting turn of events, Claudius Modesti, who was the head enforcer at the […]
Deloitte’s 2017 PCAOB Inspection Report Is Pretty Not Shitty
You know, when I sat down to start writing this, I contemplated some clever headline, […]
PCAOB Hands the Keys to Chief Auditor’s Office to Deloitte’s Megan Zietsman
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has been without a full-time chief auditor and director […]