By Kyle Brasseur2020-11-03T17:12:00
California and its Board of Accountancy has fined audit firm KPMG $1.3 million after elements of its inspection and internal exam cheating scandals were run through the state.
2022-02-25T16:41:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Canadian affiliate of Big Four audit firm PwC has agreed to pay $950,000 in penalties between audit regulators in the United States and Canada after discovering widespread cheating among employees taking internal exams.
2021-09-15T15:09:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced a $450,000 fine against KPMG’s Australian subsidiary to resolve allegations of widespread cheating on personnel training tests at the firm.
2020-12-03T15:50:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Former KPMG inspections leader Thomas Whittle was sentenced to two years of supervised release for his role in the Big Four firm’s cheating scandal that saw three of his colleagues and co-conspirators receive time behind bars.
2025-07-15T20:11:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reportedly ended two investigations into Polymarket, a popular online crypto betting service that calls itself a “prediction market.” The move continues the Trump administration’s pro-crypt agenda.
2025-07-14T20:27:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it has settled with telemedicine service Southern Health Solutions, Inc. over allegations the company used deceptive pricing and weight-loss claims, along with fake reviews and testimonials, to sell its weight-loss programs.
2025-07-14T15:36:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Serious bullying and harassment count as misconduct in regulated financial services firms, per a July 1 clarification by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, which said non-financial misconduct rules now applied only to banks will extend to 37,000 more firms starting September 1, 2026.
Site powered by Webvision Cloud