PCAOB bars former BF Borgers director over repeated audit failures
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Kyle Brasseur2022-05-25T13:58:00
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board barred Bo-Shiang Lien, a former audit director and nonequity partner at BF Borgers, for at least two years for violations of PCAOB rules and standards as part of four audits across three public companies.
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