Topic: Accounting fraud

General Electric settles SEC probe over disclosure failings

US energy company General Electric has agreed to pay $200 million to end an investigation into whether it misled investors over how it reported profits in its power and insurance businesses.

10 December 2020

Deutsche Bank's chief accountant steps aside over Wirecard-linked probe

09 December 2020

Russian bitcoin expert sentenced to prison in France

08 December 2020

Germany investigates EY partners over Wirecard scandal

07 December 2020

Short-seller criticises European regulators’ understanding of corporate fraud

04 December 2020

SEC official: High-pressure deals are ultimate test of compliance

Charles Cain, chief of the SEC’s FCPA unit, said that high-pressure deals are the ones that really determine how robust a company’s compliance programme is.

02 December 2020

French market regulator reorganises investigators

Featured in Investigator's Guide to France

France's Financial Markets Authority has reorganised its investigation structure in an effort to reduce the length of its cases.

02 December 2020

Italian judge greenlights BT fraud trial

11 November 2020

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