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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned three partners of a China-based audit firm for audit failures that preceded a significant restatement of a company's reported revenue and net accounts receivable.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned an audit firm and its owner for multiple violations of PCAOB rules and standards related to inadequate audit evidence, failure in engagement quality reviews and non-compliance with reporting requirements and quality control standards.

Commentary by Kevin Harnisch

An international commodities trading company pled guilty and paid monetary penalties to resolve DOJ charges for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The company had been charged with bribing then-public officials of an Ecuadorian state-owned oil company to secure business advantages and contracts.