Former KPMG, PCAOB leader gets prison time in inspections scandal
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Tammy Whitehouse2019-08-12T17:55:00
A former audit inspector and executive director at KPMG was sentenced to eight months in prison after entering a guilty plea related to a scheme to steal inspection plans.
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