Your Naughty IRS Employee of the Week
That dubious award goes to longtime IRS employee Wayne Garvin, who might be hanging out in Club Fed for as long as five years after pleading guilty to tax evasion on March 22. Garvin, 57, a resident of Columbia, SC, who most recently worked as a supervisory associate advocate with the IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate Service […]
Accountant In College Admissions Scandal Will Find Out In October When He’ll Get Admission to Prison
As expected, Steven Masera, the former accountant of the bogus nonprofit and college consulting company led by Rick Singer, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering today in Boston federal court for his role in the nation’s largest college admissions bribery scandal, USA Today reported. Masera, 69, is scheduled to find out […]
Former Marks Paneth Partner Admits to Screwing Investors Out of $2 Million
Steven Henning, CPA, a former partner-in-charge of advisory services at New York City-based Marks Paneth, could have as long as 20 years to think about his choices: Steven Henning pled guilty today [June 24] to participating in two wire fraud schemes. In the first, he falsely claimed to have entered into multimillion-dollar intellectual property deals […]
Ex-KPMG Partner Pleads Guilty to Using Stolen PCAOB Inspection Information
The former national partner-in-charge of inspections at KPMG pled guilty on Oct. 29 for his involvement in a scheme in which the Big 4 firm repeatedly used stolen confidential Public Company Accounting Oversight Board information to cheat the regulatory inspection process. Thomas Whittle, 55, pled guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy charges, pursuant to a […]
Ex-KPMG Executive Director Admits Guilt in PCAOB Inspection Leak Scandal
A former Public Company Accounting Oversight Board inspector-turned-KPMG executive director, who was accused of obtaining confidential information on which KPMG clients’ audits the PCAOB would be reviewing so the Big 4 firm could improve its dismal inspection results, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Oct. 16 for her involvement in the scandal. Cynthia Holder, […]
Bryan Shaw’s Lawyer Has a Perfectly Good Explanation for His Client’s Guilty Plea in KPMG Insider Trading Case
For once, we have a lawyer who is of very few words: "He pled guilty because he is guilty," [Nathan] Hochman said. "Mr. Shaw, as he's been heard saying, made some incredibly stupid decisions." We can expect a similar explanation from Scott London on May 30. Stay tuned. [LAT]