Investigation widens into how Sealed Air selected its audit firm
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-08-05T19:24:00
Packaging company Sealed Air, currently under investigation by the SEC, has received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina and faces a related investigation by the DOJ.
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