Sentences with phrase «of accounting irregularities»

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.

«Investor Nicholas Schorsch is stepping back from two of the last publicly traded companies where he held leadership posts as disclosures of accounting irregularities continue to reverberate through his real - estate empire.»

Nearly three years later, Tesco continues to deal with the consequences of the accounting irregularities.

U.S. - traded Chinese companies faced scrutiny after auditors for several quit and others were accused of accounting irregularities.

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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.

Beginning almost a year ago, when the news of Enron's accounting irregularities first broke, Morrison spoke to her Houston contacts almost weekly — even though the contract didn't expire until February 2002.

Tanaka did not dispute the findings, but said he had no intention of encouraging accounting irregularities.

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.

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.

But dissatisfied with the results declared by INEC, the APC and their candidates had filed their various petitions asking the tribunal to cancel the elections and order a rerun on account of alleged irregularities.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had directed the banks to freeze the accounts over allegations of some irregularities over the sources of the funds.

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.

Comets, after all, spend most of their time far from their star and have highly eccentric orbits, which could account for the irregularity of dimming.

For a while it was thought that Pluto itself might be the elusive Planet X, but that was later disproven as it was far too small to account for any of the orbital irregularities seen with the other outer planets.

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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..?).

WellCare offices were raided by the FBI in October of 2007 and the company was subsequently charged with accounting irregularities and fraud.

Kirkland & Ellis and Linklaters are advising on the restructuring of South African conglomerate Steinhoff International, which plunged into crisis last month after admitting to accounting irregularities.

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 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.

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.

They had made alleged public interest disclosures of serious accounting irregularities.

A former chief trial attorney for the Division of Enforcement of the SEC, Neil has litigated dozens of cases involving allegations of financial fraud, fair value improprieties, market manipulation, insider trading, accounting irregularities and proxy violations.

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.

However, with all the recent high profile cases of fraud and bankruptcy, several industries and the broader business world have been confronted with corporate misconduct, accounting irregularities, bankruptcies and an erosion of confidence and trust on the part of employees and investors.

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.

February 8, 2015 — The head of New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) stepped down amid a federal investigation into his alleged «accounting irregularities.»

representing individual employees and ex-employees in ongoing SFO investigations, following allegations of bribery and accounting irregularities at UK corporates;

He has conducted a wide array of internal investigations and company inquiries, including cases alleging insider trading, stock options backdating, securities fraud, accounting irregularities, antitrust violations, public corruption, FCPA and other corporate and individual wrongdoing.

His responsibilities at the firm include resolving accounting discrepancies and irregularities, manages and provides support of budget and...

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.

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 June, Mortgage Observer reported that Nicholas Schorsch, American Realty Capital's chairman, resigned from the boards of the company after accounting irregularities were uncovered.

Likely to be overlooked amid the «accounting irregularities» and accusations of fraud involving the former CUC unit of Cendant Corp.is the outstanding financial performance of the company's real estate division during the first half of 1998.