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Finance

If Ernst & Young auditors had done this one thing, they might have uncovered Wirecard’s $2 billion fraud years sooner

By Jeremy Kahn
June 30, 2020
Wirecard former CEO Markus Braun
Finance

Wirecard shows auditing is broken. Here’s why—and how to fix it

By Jeremy Kahn
June 25, 2020
UNITED STATES - JULY 13: Bernard Ebbers, former WorldCom CEO, arrives with his wife Kristie at Manhattan Federal court for his sentencing in New York Wednesday, July 13, 2005. Ebbers, convicted of leading an $11 billion fraud at WorldCom Inc., will learn this morning whether he must spend the rest of his life in a federal prison. (Photo by Adam Rountree/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Leadership

Ex-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, ‘telecom cowboy’ sentenced to 25 years in accounting fraud, dies at 78

By Patrick Oster and Bloomberg
February 3, 2020
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Retail

Sleepy’s Owner Steinhoff Shares Tank After It Flags a Suspected Accounting Fraud

By Geoffrey Smith
December 6, 2017
Toshiba Corp. President Masashi Muromachi Attends Earnings News Conference
Leadership

Toshiba Has Nominated a New CEO to Leave Its Accounting Scandal Behind

By Reuters
May 6, 2016
J. Michael Pearson, Chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., waits for the start of their annual general meeting in Laval, Quebec
Health

Valeant cuts ties to controversial pharmacy chain Philidor

By Geoffrey Smith
October 30, 2015
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Leadership

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