http://retheauditors.com/2007/05/05/tough-times-for-kpmg/ The Business of the Big 4 Audit Firms Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:29:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://retheauditors.com/2007/05/05/tough-times-for-kpmg/comment-page-1/#comment-154441 re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Not Over Until It’s Over: Price Waterhouse India Settles Satyam Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:24:20 +0000 http://76.12.174.187/?p=300#comment-154441 [...] There were no SEC or PCAOB disciplinary actions against PwC for the Yukos scandal.  I started writing about Yukos in March of 2007. That’s more than four years ago! Reports have been open and consistent in saying PwC was pressured to withdraw ten years of audits as part of a Russian government prosecution of former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev. PwC is using the “we were duped” defense. [...] [...] There were no SEC or PCAOB disciplinary actions against PwC for the Yukos scandal.  I started writing about Yukos in March of 2007. That’s more than four years ago! Reports have been open and consistent in saying PwC was pressured to withdraw ten years of audits as part of a Russian government prosecution of former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev. PwC is using the “we were duped” defense. [...]

]]> http://retheauditors.com/2007/05/05/tough-times-for-kpmg/comment-page-1/#comment-129228 re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Yukos Slicks Accuse PricewaterhouseCoopers Of Succumbing To Kremlin Pressure Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:20:19 +0000 http://76.12.174.187/?p=300#comment-129228 [...] June of 2007, PwC had caved to the pressure from the Kremlin. Looks like PwC is claiming the “we were duped” defense. (Do any of my attorney readers know which firm that defends the Big 4 came up with this brilliant [...] [...] June of 2007, PwC had caved to the pressure from the Kremlin. Looks like PwC is claiming the “we were duped” defense. (Do any of my attorney readers know which firm that defends the Big 4 came up with this brilliant [...]

]]> http://retheauditors.com/2007/05/05/tough-times-for-kpmg/comment-page-1/#comment-88377 re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » It’s Either Me or You, Baby, and I Choose You… Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:50:03 +0000 http://76.12.174.187/?p=300#comment-88377 [...] of them or are the bad guys the partners, the “rogue partners,” who tarnished the good name of KPMG in the pursuit of personal wealth and glory? There are already enough judges involved in trying this [...] [...] of them or are the bad guys the partners, the “rogue partners,” who tarnished the good name of KPMG in the pursuit of personal wealth and glory? There are already enough judges involved in trying this [...]

]]> http://retheauditors.com/2007/05/05/tough-times-for-kpmg/comment-page-1/#comment-85920 re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » KPMG – Were They Threats or Desperate Pleas? Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:34:10 +0000 http://76.12.174.187/?p=300#comment-85920 [...] have weighed in before on KPMG and its problems. Although I have many friends and former colleagues there, all good people, I will reiterate. I [...] [...] have weighed in before on KPMG and its problems. Although I have many friends and former colleagues there, all good people, I will reiterate. I [...]

]]> http://retheauditors.com/2007/05/05/tough-times-for-kpmg/comment-page-1/#comment-74412 re: The Auditors » Blog Archive » Was Paris Hilton on the Hollinger Audit Committee? Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:49:02 +0000 http://76.12.174.187/?p=300#comment-74412 [...] as well have been… Looks like all those three did was “bend over” and “get down on their knees”, two of Paris’ [...] [...] as well have been… Looks like all those three did was “bend over” and “get down on their knees”, two of Paris’ [...]

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