Synchronoss to pay $12.5M over alleged accounting misconduct by former execs
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Jeff Dale2022-06-07T21:19:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced software company Synchronoss Technologies agreed to a $12.5 million settlement for “long-running accounting improprieties” caused, in part, by alleged misconduct from senior executives.
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