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News BriefEpoch Times CFO charged in $67M money laundering scheme
The chief financial officer of the Epoch Times was charged with laundering at least $67 million in illegally obtained funds to bolster the fortunes of the newspaper and himself.
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News BriefADM CFO to depart amid accounting probes
Food processing company ADM announced Chief Financial Officer Vikram Luthar, who was placed on administrative leave in January amid a probe into the company’s accounting practices, will resign.
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SEC fines SPAC $104K for control failures that enabled CFO embezzlement
African Gold Acquisition Corp. will pay a $103,591 fine for allegedly having flawed internal controls, reporting, and recordkeeping procedures that allowed its former chief financial officer to drain approximately $1.2 million from its bank account.
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News BriefFormer GigaTrust CFO pleads guilty to impersonating auditors
The former chief financial officer of bankrupt email security business GigaTrust faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding investors and lenders of $50 million by impersonating auditors and fabricating reports.
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Former SPAC CFO pleads guilty to embezzlement scheme
Cooper Morgenthau, the former chief financial officer of African Gold Acquisition Corp., pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud after embezzling more than $5 million for personal stock and cryptocurrency ventures.
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Ex-Weber Shandwick CFO imprisoned 4-plus years for embezzlement
The former chief financial officer and chief operating officer of public relations firm Weber Shandwick was sentenced to more than four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $26 million for a nearly decade-long embezzling scheme.
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ArticleAmerican Renal Associates to pay $2M in accounting fraud case
American Renal Associates Holdings has agreed to pay $2 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges of accounting fraud allegedly perpetrated by three former financial executives at the dialysis provider.
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Ex-Immunomedics CFO charged with insider trading
The SEC charged former Immunomedics Chief Financial Officer Usama Malik and his former romantic partner with insider trading. The Department of Justice also announced criminal charges for securities fraud.
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Libra recruits HSBC exec as CFO, chief risk officer
Digital currency group the Libra Association continued the buildout of its risk and compliance department with the appointment of Ian Jenkins as chief financial officer and chief risk officer of Libra Networks.
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Blog
Study Says CFOs Still Control Audit Fees at Many Companies
Image: Title: MauldinNew academic research suggests the CFO, not the audit committee, still often negotiates the audit fee, despite Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions meant to put audit committees in the driver’s seat. “At many companies it is still primarily the CFO who calls the shots,” says Elaine Mauldin, professor at the ...