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SEC Fines and Bans Three Accounting Firm CPAs for Not Doing Their Jobs Very Well
Three CPAs from a New Jersey public accounting firm most of you probably have never […]
What Price Wrong-Doing? Sanctions Against KPMG Are Complicated
“Sell in May and go away” was an investors’ adage invoked as vacation strategy in […]
Which KPMG Scandal Is Worse: PCAOB ‘Steal the Exam’ or CPE Training Exam Cheating?
Since Monday when the SEC announced it had fined KPMG $50 million for not one […]
SEC Says $50 Million Fine For KPMG Is ‘Significant’ and ‘Appropriate’ For All That Cheating Going On
The SEC made official today the news that Dave Michaels of the Wall Street Journal […]
Two Internal Auditors Thought They Could Get Away with Insider Trading, LOL
Two internal auditor buddies got a starring role in an SEC litigation release after they […]
It Seems the PCAOB and SEC Are Giving Accountants the Benefit of the Doubt More These Days
Maybe it’s because the PCAOB had a new chairman and a whole new board at […]
PCAOB Told SEC ‘Hold My Drink,’ Went All Enforcement-Crazy on Accountants in 2017
2017 was a banner year for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board when it came […]
KPMG Settles With SEC Over a Giant Failure of an Audit
KPMG has settled SEC charges for $6.2 million due to a shoddy audit of an […]
EY Thought the Weatherford Audit Could Turn Out Badly; It Turned Out Badly
I'm not sure if there's a pattern or not, but it sure seems like the […]
Weatherford International Gets in Trouble for Letting Execs Choose Their Own Numbers
Going Concern history buffs will recall a period in 2011-2012 when oil services company Weatherford […]