All Enforcement articles
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News Brief
FINRA appoints senior vice presidents of enforcement
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced the appointments of Tina Gubb, effective Monday, and Julie Glynn, effective Sept. 1, as senior vice presidents of enforcement.
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News Brief
Averhealth to pay $1.3M in DOJ drug test false claims case
National drug testing firm Averhealth agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle allegations, first brought by a whistleblower, that it knowingly submitted false claims to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Justice announced.
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Blog
PCAOB disciplines former, current Grant Thornton partners
The PCAOB has delivered an enforcement action to a former partner and current partner at Grant Thornton over an audit dating back to 2013.
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Deloitte Japan settles $2 million independence charge
Deloitte Japan has agreed to a $2 million penalty to settle charges with the SEC over auditor independence violations.
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Defense requires auditors to disclose disciplinary actions
Audit firms are only days away from facing a U.S. Defense requirement to provide information on disciplinary proceedings as a condition of winning audit contracts.
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SEC settles with 4 companies over prolonged control lapses
Apparently thumbing their noses at internal control requirements, four public companies have now settled charges with the SEC over prolonged failures to maintain ICFR.
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SEC fines company over non-GAAP prominence issue
Still on its soap box over non-GAAP reporting, the SEC issued an enforcement action against home security company ADT focused on problems with prominence.
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Wells Fargo to pay $575M in 50-state settlement
Wells Fargo reached a $575 million settlement to resolve civil claims with all 50 state Attorneys General and the District of Columbia that the bank violated state consumer protection laws.
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SEC disciplines Crowe, two partners over audit failures
The SEC has settled charges against Crowe and two of its partners for “significant audit failures” connected to a payroll services firm that went bankrupt.
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Third ex-KPMG partner pleads guilty in inspection leak
A third ex-KPMG partner has consented to a guilty plea in connection with charges of fraud and conspiracy in regulatory inspections.
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PCAOB censures Deloitte Mexico partners in cross-border audits
The PCAOB has disciplined three partners at Deloitte Mexico, citing failures in cross-border audits that affected U.S. opinions.
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Changes to PCAOB inspections will begin in 2019
A new approach to audit inspections will begin in 2019, with changes intended to focus on prevention and deterrence, new PCAOB chairman says.
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SEC, PCAOB discipline ex-auditors at BDO, Deloitte
Two new enforcement actions give audit committees some textbook reminders to keep tabs on auditors regarding their compliance with professional standards.
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ICO takes action for failure to pay new data protection fee
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office has taken formal enforcement action against 34 organizations that have failed to pay the new data protection fee.
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Article
New SFO director will leverage compliance officers’ expertise
Head of the Serious Fraud Office Lisa Osofsky laid out her priorities for the agency in the coming months and provided CCOs a glimpse into what the SFO will expect.
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Swiss bank to pay $60.4M in U.S. tax evasion case
Swiss bank Basler Kantonalbank entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and will pay $60.4 million in total penalties for conspiring with others to evade U.S. taxes, the Department of Justice announced.
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SEC enforcements against accountants taper, report says
SEC enforcement actions against accountants have tapered off the past few years, according to a new analysis, while PCAOB actions jumped and remained high.
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Article
SCOTUS delivers a constitutional blow to SEC’s ALJ process
The perpetually maligned use of administrative law judges at the SEC faces big changes after the Supreme Court, led by Justice Elena Kagan, agreed with constitutional challenges.
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PCAOB fines Deloitte over software revenue errors
Audit regulators have censured and fined Deloitte over a series of self-reported accounting errors that led to restatement at technology firm Jack Henry & Associates.
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SEC: Forget ‘broken windows’ policy of the past
Moving away from a past focus on minor infractions, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton wants his enforcement division to buckle down on bigger matters.