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SEC

Circor avoids fine after self-reporting accounting control violations to SEC

2024-09-06T16:57:00+01:00By

Massachusetts-based technology company Circor International settled charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding deficient internal accounting controls without paying a fine.

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Austal reaches $49M deal with DOJ, SEC over accounting, securities fraud, false claims

2024-08-27T21:40:00+01:00By

The U.S.-based subsidiary of Australian defense contractor Austal will pay $48.8 million in fines and restitution to settle allegations that it committed accounting and securities fraud, misled federal auditors, and violated the False Claims Act.

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FCA fines PwC $19.5M for failing to report fraud at London Capital & Finance

2024-08-20T18:56:00+01:00By

PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to pay 15 million pounds (U.S. $19.5 million) for failing to report suspicions of fraud taking place at investment firm London Capital & Finance before it collapsed, the Financial Conduct Authority announced.

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Ideanomics, execs to pay $5M over allegedly misleading auditor

2024-08-12T20:19:00+01:00By

Ideanomics, two former execs, and its current chief executive agreed to pay about $5 million and hire an independent compliance professional to settle allegations made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the company misled the public about its performance.

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FRC orders EY to pay $376K over 2021 audit of Evraz

2024-08-08T17:06:00+01:00By

The Financial Reporting Council ordered a unit Ernst & Young UK to pay 296,000 pounds (U.S. $376,000) over the firm’s 2021 audit of Russia mining group Evraz.

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LexisNexis survey: Compliance costs soared for U.K. banks in 2023

2024-08-06T16:54:00+01:00By

Nearly all but a tiny minority of financial institutions saw their costs of financial crime compliance rise in 2023, a survey by LexisNexis and Oxford Economics found.

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New U.K. government moves to transform FRC into ARGA

2024-07-19T13:28:00+01:00By

Within two weeks of gaining power, the U.K.’s newly elected Labor government has confirmed its intention to beef up the audit regulator and strengthen corporate governance.

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CPE Webcast: A unified approach to close and consolidation

2024-07-16T14:00:00+01:00Provided by

Join Clearsulting and BlackLine as they discuss transformation strategies organizations take to achieve accurate, efficient, and insightful financial results while unlocking future-ready financial operations.