US

Coopers & Lybrand

Predecessor firm of PwC that failed to uncover the Phar-Mor phantom inventory ledger.

AUDIT FIRM RECORD
  • Audit Firm: Coopers & Lybrand
  • Jurisdiction: US
  • Indexed Audit Cases: 18 major corporate fraud cases.
  • Regulatory History: Predecessor firm of PwC that failed to uncover the Phar-Mor phantom inventory ledger.

CLIENT CASES INVOLVING COOPERS & LYBRAND

18 CASES IN LIBRARY
Case Title Jurisdiction Status Primary Scheme Overstatement Action Date
Satyam Computer Services: $1B Fabricated Cash and Ghost Employees IN Adjudicated fictitious revenue $1.0B January 9, 2009
Americanas S.A.: R$20B Off-Balance-Sheet Supplier Risk Financing BR Alleged undisclosed related party transactions $4.1B September 20, 2025
Tyco International: $600M Executive Looting and Reserve Accounting US Adjudicated undisclosed related party transactions $600.0M September 20, 2004
Bristol-Myers Squibb: $2B Channel Stuffing with Wholesaler Incentives US Settled, neither admitted nor denied channel stuffing $2.0B September 20, 2006
Colonial Bank: $2.9B Fake Mortgage Collateral Fraud with Taylor Bean US Adjudicated loan loss provisioning $2.9B September 20, 2013
Banco Popular: Concealment of Real Estate Loan-Loss Provisions ES Adjudicated loan loss provisioning $3.7B September 20, 2020
Volkswagen: Material Omission of Emissions Defeat Devices in Bond Offerings DE Settled material omission $15.0B September 20, 2017
Theranos: Fabricated Revenue Projections and Fake Blood Analyzer Demos US Adjudicated misleading non gaap and kpis $700.0M September 20, 2020
Homestore.com: Triangular Round-Trip Online Advertising Barter Deals US Adjudicated barter and nonmonetary $46.0M September 20, 2004
W.R. Grace & Co.: Landmark SEC Cookie-Jar Reserve Action US Settled, neither admitted nor denied cookie jar reserves $20.0M September 20, 2001
Phar-Mor: $500M Phantom Inventory Ledger and Subordinate Bribery US Adjudicated phantom inventory $500.0M September 20, 1994
Tesco plc: £250M Premature Commercial Supplier Income Pull-Forward GB Adjudicated premature recognition $330.0M September 20, 2019
BHS: Audit Failure and Sale for £1 Prior to Catastrophic Pension Collapse GB Adjudicated audit failure $750.0M September 20, 2021
Boeing: $200M SEC Settlement for Misleading 737 MAX Safety Disclosures US Settled, neither admitted nor denied material omission $2.5B September 20, 2023
PricewaterhouseCoopers: $7.9M SEC Settlement for Nationwide Independence Violations US Settled, neither admitted nor denied independence violation $0 September 20, 2021
Greensill Capital: Prospective Receivables and Multi-Billion Credit Concentration GB Adjudicated fictitious revenue $5.0B September 20, 2023
Petrobras: $2.5B Capitalized Contractor Bribes and Cartel Overpayments BR Settled capitalising operating expenses $2.5B September 20, 2017
China Evergrande: 564B Yuan Revenue Inflation on Incomplete Apartments CN Adjudicated premature recognition $78.0B September 20, 2023