SEC to Focus on Traditional Cases Under New Leadership, Acting Director Says March 26, 2025 By Chris Prentice The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will likely focus on more traditional cases under incoming leadership, including those involving individual...
Two More Wirecard Executives Charged in Germany Over Accounting Scandal August 6, 2024 German prosecutors have charged another two former Wirecard executives, according to a statement from their Munich office on Tuesday, casting...
Italy Prosecutors Probe False Accounting Allegations Related to Insurer Eurovita: Source June 30, 2023 By Emilio Parodi Prosecutors in Milan are probing allegations of false accounting in relation to the crisis of Italian life insurer Eurovita, a...
Germany’s Commerzbank Sues EY for Losses Incurred in Wirecard Collapse January 23, 2023 The German lender Commerzbank is suing accounting firm EY over the 200 million euros ($216.12 million) in losses that it...
Former Wirecard Executives in the Dock as Germany’s Biggest Fraud Trial Begins December 6, 2022 By Jörn Poltz and Christian Kraemer Former Wirecard executives go on trial on Thursday, two years after the collapse of the payments company that produced Germany’s...
Investors Cannot Sue German Regulator for Wirecard Collapse, Court Rules January 20, 2022 By Karin Matussek Investors who lost money from investing in Wirecard AG shares can’t make Germany’s financial regulator Bafin compensate them, a Frankfurt...
UK Accounting Firm Grant Thornton Fined for Audit of Café Chain Patisserie Valerie September 28, 2021 Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has been fined for its audit of Patisserie Valerie, the British cafe chain that collapsed in...
Kraft Heinz, 2 Execs to Pay $62M to Settle Charges of False Accounting September 7, 2021 By Chris Prentice, Susan Heavey and Jonathan Stempel The Kraft Heinz Company and two former executives have agreed to pay more than $62 million to settle charges they...
UK Accounting Regulator Probes Greensill and Wyelands Bank Auditors June 28, 2021 By Huw Jones LONDON – Britain’s accounting regulator said on Monday it has opened investigations into the audits of Greensill Capital and Wyelands...
EY and Germany’s Finance Minister Blamed for Oversight Failings in Wirecard Collapse June 23, 2021 BERLIN – German lawmakers presenting a report Tuesday into the collapse of the payment processing company Wirecard accused the country’s...