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Deloitte & Touche LLP

Big Four audit firm involved in enforcement proceedings regarding Nortel Networks, Adelphia, and Autonomy.

AUDIT FIRM RECORD
  • Audit Firm: Deloitte & Touche LLP
  • Jurisdiction: US
  • Indexed Audit Cases: 9 major corporate fraud cases.
  • Regulatory History: Big Four audit firm involved in enforcement proceedings regarding Nortel Networks, Adelphia, and Autonomy.

CLIENT CASES INVOLVING DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

9 CASES IN LIBRARY
Case Title Jurisdiction Status Primary Scheme Overstatement Action Date
Nortel Networks: Cookie-Jar Reserve Manipulation for Executive Bonuses CA Settled, neither admitted nor denied cookie jar reserves $3.2B September 20, 2006
Adelphia Communications: $2.3B Off-Balance-Sheet Family Co-Borrowing US Adjudicated off balance sheet entities $2.3B September 20, 2004
UnitedHealth Group: Decades-Long Options Backdating and $400M Clawback US Settled, neither admitted nor denied options backdating $1.5B September 20, 2008
China MediaExpress: Reverse Merger Shell with Fabricated Bank Statements CN Adjudicated reverse merger fraud $100.0M September 20, 2013
Symbol Technologies: 'Candy Deals' and Widespread Revenue Stuffing US Adjudicated side letters $230.0M September 20, 2005
Delphi Corporation: Sham Battery Inventory Transactions and Off-Balance Financing US Settled, neither admitted nor denied round tripping $1.2B September 20, 2007
Autonomy Corp: Hardware Resale Disguised as High-Margin Software GB Adjudicated gross vs net $8.8B September 20, 2014
Steinhoff International: €6.5B Fictitious Transactions and Hidden Off-Balance Entities ZA Adjudicated off balance sheet entities $7.3B September 20, 2020
Daewoo Shipbuilding: 5 Trillion Won Loss Concealment via Percentage-of-Completion KR Adjudicated premature recognition $4.5B September 20, 2018