Auditor Practice Bars & Rule 102(e) Suspensions

Tracking judicial and administrative sanctions across corporate fraud defendants: incarceration terms, permanent bars from serving as officers or directors of public companies, independent practice suspensions, and court-appointed compliance monitors.

OUTCOME PROFILE
  • Sanction Category: Auditor Practice Bars & Rule 102(e) Suspensions
  • Cases with this Outcome: 6 primary cases in the library.
  • All entries cite final court judgments or administrative Commission orders.
Prison Sentences Federal and criminal prison terms. O&D Bars Statutory disqualifications from public boards. Auditor Bars Rule 102(e) practice suspensions. Monitorships Independent compliance monitors. DPAs & NPAs Corporate settlement agreements.

CASES INVOLVING AUDITOR PRACTICE BARS & RULE 102(E) SUSPENSIONS (6)

PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT RECORDS
Case Title Jurisdiction Status Primary Scheme Action Date
Wirecard AG: 1.9 Billion Euro Fictitious Cash Fraud DE ADJUDICATED fictitious cash and assets June 22, 2020
Satyam Computer Services: $1B Fabricated Cash and Ghost Employees IN ADJUDICATED fictitious revenue January 9, 2009
Carillion plc: Aggressive Contract Revenue and Going-Concern Concealment GB ADJUDICATED premature recognition January 29, 2018
BHS: Audit Failure and Sale for £1 Prior to Catastrophic Pension Collapse GB ADJUDICATED audit failure September 20, 2021
PricewaterhouseCoopers: $7.9M SEC Settlement for Nationwide Independence Violations US SETTLED independence violation September 20, 2021
Ernst & Young: Independence Violations from Commercial and Romantic Ties US SETTLED independence violation September 20, 2016