A California-based server and cloud computing firm has agreed to pay $17.5 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to resolve charges of improperly booked revenue and understated expenses.

The SEC charged Super Micro Computer and its former CFO, Howard Hideshima, with “prematurely recognizing revenue and understating expenses over a period of at least three years,” according to a press release Tuesday.

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