Accounting irregularities in the past three years at both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac leave little doubt about the need for change.
In 1998, new management discovered serious
accounting irregularities in its financial records and restated its revenues and expenses.
On day 7, Drinker Biddle proved there were
no accounting irregularities in a presentation to the company's CEO, its board of directors, and the outside auditor — eliminating the need to conduct a costly independent financial audit.
Valeant is hardly the first company to mask
accounting irregularities in fast - paced M&A.
Not exact matches
O'Sullivan noted the acquisition
in December 2015 coincided with the finalizing of a record fine by Japanese regulators for
accounting irregularities at Toshiba, indicating that corporate governance controls were extremely weak.
Viceroy Research, the short seller whose targeting of Steinhoff led the South African furniture retailer to recently own up to
accounting irregularities, has a new target
in its sights: Capitec Bank Holdings.
«The compliance bar for companies to go public is much higher than
in previous years, so things like pending litigation and
accounting irregularities need to be clean,» says David Zilberman, partner at venture capital firm Comcast Ventures.
It is unclear what
accounting irregularities the company was referring to
in its statement on Tuesday.
The mission welcomes the recent adoption of several new tax laws and progress
in strengthening payroll controls and addressing payroll
irregularities, along with advancing public financial management reform, including
in developing the Treasury Single
Account.
«President Dilma Rousseff is trying to head off the opposition's efforts to impeach her over alleged
accounting irregularities, which means she can not afford to alienate supporters
in her Workers» Party by cutting spending or raising taxes.»
The state Board of Elections,
in a separate review of Maziarz's campaign
account in 2015, found several
irregularities, from how checks were issued to lax record keeping.
Yet according to statements issued by UCSF, the university auditor completed a report
in June that found no financial
irregularities; neither did two additional reviews, one by a group of senior financial officers and another by an outside
accounting firm.
Among the things that people have told us they expect to find
in the United States: a judiciary where they can get a fair shake; a free press that investigates broadly and exposes wrongdoing wherever it occurs; auditors who probe
accounting records and promptly report
irregularities; physicians who are not beholden to pharmaceutical companies; colleges and universities where students can study widely, switch fields and not remain indebted for decades; and finally a political system where you can succeed without having to sell your soul to wealthy supporters.
In February 2016, Boeing (BA) got crushed after regulators announced they would be looking into possible
accounting irregularities.
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in addition to the
irregularities, Fiberxon's independent auditors called into question the commitment of Fiberxon's management to maintain reliable financial reporting systems, including
accounting books and records,
in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States and the People's Republic of China;
This announcement — of «possible financial
irregularities «-- rather predictably mutated over the w / e into the announcement of a shortfall of GBP 13 million
in client funds (sigh, can you say MF Global, can you say segregated
accounts..?).
If there are any errors, omissions or
irregularities, customers must notify CIBC
in writing within 60 days after the date on which the entry was, or should have been, posted to the
account.
http://valuestockguide.com/all/sales/ebix-stock/ Valuestockguide 1st may 2013; On Feb 21, there was an article
in Seeking Alpha claiming
accounting irregularities at the company causing the stock to plunge to the $ 13 / share level.
WellCare offices were raided by the FBI
in October of 2007 and the company was subsequently charged with
accounting irregularities and fraud.
In 2004, the SFO started an investigation into suspected accounting irregularities relating to BAE and a government to government deal struck in 1985: Britain signed the Al - Yamamah arms for oil deal with Saudi Arabia, the biggest ever UK export contract involving the sale of 120 Tornado fighter jet
In 2004, the SFO started an investigation into suspected
accounting irregularities relating to BAE and a government to government deal struck
in 1985: Britain signed the Al - Yamamah arms for oil deal with Saudi Arabia, the biggest ever UK export contract involving the sale of 120 Tornado fighter jet
in 1985: Britain signed the Al - Yamamah arms for oil deal with Saudi Arabia, the biggest ever UK export contract involving the sale of 120 Tornado fighter jets.
Balfour Beatty plc, the listed engineering, construction, services and investment business, conducted an internal investigation into the
accounting treatment of certain «payment
irregularities» within a subsidiary involved
in a joint venture with an Egyptian company.
The SFO found that inaccurate
accounting records relating to the payment
irregularities amounted to unlawful conduct
in that the subsidiary failed to complete accurate business records as required by the Companies Act 1985.
Johnson, who provided a blow - by - blow
account of the Duke lacrosse rape scandal at his blog, Durham
in Wonderland, helped uncover various
irregularities and misconduct that eventually played a role
in the dismissal of case against the Duke students.
Second, on 6 October 2008, the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO),
in a case the SFO was investigating for evidence of foreign bribery, announced that it had reached a # 2.25 m (US$ 3.9 m) settlement with major construction firm Balfour Beatty plc for alleged unlawful
accounting in connection with certain «payment
irregularities» which it self - reported.
Prevailed
in motions to dismiss securities fraud and derivative claims against CEO of software company based on allegations of backdated stock options and other
accounting irregularities.
Represented special committee of independent directors of public telecommunications company
in investigation of allegations of improper vendor payments and
accounting irregularities.
The measure of damages used
in the Livent case was the difference between Livent's value when Deloitte should have resigned (when it discovered
irregularities) and Livent's value at the time of insolvency, reduced by 25 per cent to
account for contingencies or trading losses, which were too remote to make Deloitte liable.
representing individual employees and ex-employees
in ongoing SFO investigations, following allegations of bribery and
accounting irregularities at UK corporates;
In deciding whether to disclose the findings, companies will need to take into
account (i) Consob's power to request companies to provide documents or information — including documents or information relating to the internal review --(see question 4 above), (ii) the auditors» duty to report
irregularities to Consob (see question 7 above), and (iii) the issuers» general obligation to disclose inside information to the public.
In March 2012, our board of directors unanimously approved a Policy on Recoupment of Compensation, or Recoupment Policy, primarily to deter our current and former senior executives and other key employees from taking actions that could potentially harm us and to deter any financial or
accounting irregularities with respect to our financial statements.
Researched and resolved
irregularities in rent - related financial transactions; flagged and worked with contractors and
accounting to reconcile financial records, expedite prompt payment and complete contract closeouts.
Your
account processing skills, dealing with financial
irregularities and frauds, accuracy
in documentation can be best mentioned
in our resumes column wise.
Also,
in a development that shocks the Toronto real estate community, Martel Realty is shut down after the Real Estate Council of Ontario finds «financial
irregularities»
in the company's
accounts.
In January 2009, RECO began an investigation into Re / Max Executive Realty and its broker, David Seto, after receiving a tip from an anonymous source about
irregularities with a trust
account.
In June, Mortgage Observer reported that Nicholas Schorsch, American Realty Capital's chairman, resigned from the boards of the company after
accounting irregularities were uncovered.
It began an investigation into Seto and the brokerage
in January 2009 after receiving a tip from an anonymous source about
irregularities regarding a trust
account, says the regulator.
For example, British supermarket chain Tesco dropped its auditor of 20 years, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
in January for Ernst & Young
in the wake of
accounting irregularities that prompted a fraud investigation.