All Chief Financial Officer articles
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News BriefADM puts CFO on leave pending accounting probe
Food processing company ADM announced Chief Financial Officer Vikram Luthar was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into accounting practices and procedures flagged by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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2U’s chief legal officer appointed CFO
Online education platform company 2U appointed its Chief Legal Officer Matt Norden as chief financial officer.
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News BriefOrthofix ousts top execs for ‘offensive conduct’; CECO among interim successors
Orthofix Medical announced a shake-up of its C-suite after an investigation uncovered “repeated inappropriate and offensive conduct” by top executives that forced the company to fire them for cause.
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News BriefSEC fines Malvern Bank, ex-CFO for material misstatements
Malvern Bancorp and its former chief financial officer agreed to pay a combined $390,000 to settle allegations levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding antifraud, reporting, books and records, and internal accounting control violations.
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News BriefSmart window-maker View avoids penalty in liability disclosure case
View, a California-based manufacturer of smart windows, avoided civil penalties after self-reporting apparent disclosure violations to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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News BriefIRB Brasil to pay shareholders $5M over CFO’s claims
Brazilian reinsurance company IRB Brasil RE agreed to pay $5 million to harmed investors after its former chief financial officer allegedly lied about Berkshire Hathaway investing in the company.
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VEON advances internal audit head succession
Dutch telecom VEON announced the promotion of Group Director of Internal Audit Jagan Mohan to group head of internal audit. The move coincides with the previously announced transition of Joop Brakenhoff, group chief internal audit and ethics and compliance officer, to chief financial officer.
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News BriefSEC 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 BriefGentex fined $4M for bonus compensation accounting lapses
Gentex Corp. agreed to pay $4 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding alleged failures in its internal accounting controls that affected executive and employee bonus compensation programs over several years.
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Wellings Capital unit appoints chief compliance officer
Wellings Real Estate Income Fund announced the appointment of Adrienne Hart as chief compliance officer.
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Kain Capital names chief compliance officer
Private equity firm Kain Capital announced the appointment of Bret Cummings as chief financial officer and chief compliance officer.
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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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News BriefFormer 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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ArticleExela Technologies, ex-CFO settle SEC control failure charges
Texas-based IT firm Exela Technologies and its former CFO settled charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging failure to properly account for and record liabilities related to a shareholder lawsuit.
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ArticleEx-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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Blue Wolf promotes interim CFO to chief financial, compliance officer
Blue Wolf Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, announced the appointment of Eve Gerriets Mongiardo to chief financial officer and chief compliance officer.
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Washington Federal promotes chief risk officer to CFO
Washington Federal, the parent company of Washington Federal Bank, announced the promotion of Chief Risk Officer Kelli Holz to chief financial officer.
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ArticleArchegos founder Bill Hwang indicted for fraud; chief risk officer pleads guilty
Bill Hwang, the founder of Archegos Capital Management, was arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud for orchestrating a multibillion-dollar market manipulation scheme that resulted in the U.S. hedge fund’s collapse.
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Veris Residential appoints chief accounting officer
Real estate investment trust Veris Residential has appointed Amanda Lombard chief accounting officer, effective Jan. 18.
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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.