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NewsGood anti-fraud policies can impress regulators
The case of Thomas Flanagan was a sad one indeed. The SEC accused the 30-year Deloitte & Touche veteran and his son of improperly trading in the securities of at least 12 companies he had advised... Read more...
Sentencing guidelines spell out compliance best practices
In the compliance community, one lingering issue is the extent to which a strong culture of compliance and ethics will factor into various enforcement proceedings. It only makes sense to give... Read more...
Irony: Compliance officer commits massive fraud
We've obviously spent a lot of time expounding the virtues of enhanced compliance programs, which often entail more employees and technology. But no compliance or security system will be fool-proof... Read more...
Criminals use customer PCs to target banks
There's been a big spike in fraud (fraud news) committed by criminals who have found ways to corrupt the computers at small companies and government entities. The security bar is often lower at these... Read more...
Interesting twist in JPMorgan whistleblower case
There's been a lot of talk about the fate of whistleblowers (whistleblower news) these days. One interesting case has emerged at JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), where ex-vice president Jennifer Sharkey... Read more...
SEC to bring Sarbanes-Oxley Section 304 cases with a new twist?
Section 304 of Sarbanes-Oxley (Sarbanes-Oxley news) initially didn't get a lot of attention. That may have stemmed from the SEC's decision to bring cases under the section only sparingly. From 2002... Read more...
PCAOB grapples with how audit firms should explain their role
Most average investors probably assume that part of any audit calls for the audit firm to root out fraud. This is partly true. One professor tells CFO.com, "some people seem to confuse falsified... Read more...
A need for a small company 404(b) requirement?
Nonaccelerated filers are probably still giggling about their eleventh hour gift from the Obama Administration. Recall it decided at the last minute that compliance with 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley... Read more...
Major SEC overhaul underway
The SEC has certainly taken its lumps recently. The financial crisis in general was not kind to the agency, but it was the Bernard Madoff scandal that pushed the agency's reputation deep into the... Read more...
Small brokers take fight to PCAOB
Perhaps they sense weakness. The conventional wisdom is that the future of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is up in the air, as the Supreme Court mulls its fate. But small... Read more...
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