By Jeff Dale2023-08-18T16:30:00
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council (FRC) fined audit firm Mazars 72,000 pounds (U.S. $92,000) for “wide-ranging failings” in its audit of an unnamed market traded company.
The FRC said in a press release Friday the firm’s lack of quality controls caused it to miss a material misstatement regarding the classification of convertible loan notes
Mazars did not identify the misstatement until after the audit, the FRC said. Other areas of concern included the way in which bonus payments were addressed by the firm.
2024-04-09T17:23:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Grant Thornton UK was assessed a penalty of £40,000 (U.S. $51,000) by the Financial Reporting Council for alleged procedure failures affecting the firm’s audit of a local authority’s pension fund.
2023-07-06T19:35:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council noted overall improvement in annual inspection and supervision results for the largest audit firms for a fourth consecutive year as part of its latest quality review.
2023-04-27T13:32:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council fined Big Four audit firm KPMG approximately £1 million (U.S. $1.2 million) for deficiencies in its work on the 2020 year-end financials of discount retailer TheWorks.co.uk.
2025-07-11T21:14:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Department of Justice arppoved T-Mobile’s acquisition of competitor UScellular. The move came a day after T-Mobile announced it had dropped its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, a frequent target for Trump’s administration.
2025-07-11T19:43:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The state of Florida is investigating Robinhood Crypto for falsely claiming it charges the lowest fees for processing crypto transactions.
2025-07-09T18:02:00Z By Adrianne Appel
CVS has vowed to appeal $948.8 million in fines and damages imposed by a judge Tuesday on its Omnicare unit, for billing Medicare for tens of thousands of false claims.
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