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Feds Accuse Kansas CPA of Embezzling Money From Client to Build New Home

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By Eduardo Castillo, The Wichita Eagle (TNS) A Kansas accountant has been accused of defrauding a business client and using the client’s money to build himself a home, federal prosecutors said. Quintin Flanagin, 43, of Colby, is a certified public accountant and is part owner of Williams Consulting, a Colby accounting firm.

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Friday Footnotes: EY on the Private Equity Offer; KPMG Tries to Stop Partner Poaching; Taxing the Metaverse | 9.8.23

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News KPMG halves pay for US partners on gardening leave amid poaching war [ Financial Times ] KPMG’s US partners have been told that they will be put on 50 per cent pay during six months of gardening leave if they quit to join a rival, marking an escalation in efforts by the Big Four accounting firms to stop staff poaching.

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Professionals on the Move – January 2023

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Bennett Thrasher Elevates Largest Class In Firm History, Promoting Seven Professionals to Partner Bennett Thrasher , one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing certified public accounting and consulting firms recently announced the admission of seven professionals to the partnership, effective Jan.

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AICPA News – Nov. 2023

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AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

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Nationally Ranked Accounting Firm Welcomes New Forensic and Litigation Principal Windham Brannon , an INSIDE Public Accounting Top 200 Firm, recently welcomed Kevin Bennett as a Principal for the firm’s Forensic and Litigation Services practice in October 2023. David Winter, Ga. Denise Zaharoff, Ga.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Gen Z Ruins Accounting; EY Hammers Out Some Deets; Internal Control Controversy | 12.05.22

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Controversial internal control audit improve operational efficiency for small firms, study finds : “Regulators keep exempting more firms from complying with internal control audits because of the costs,” said Chan Lin, the C.A. Scupin Professor at the University of Kansas School of Business.

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Friday Footnotes: Anyone Wanna Work in Hollywood?; Profit-Hungry CEOs Love Gen AI; KPMG’s SF Future | 1.19.24

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Practice Protecting tax accounting information: Best practices for IT professionals in data security and confidentiality [ Thomson Reuters ] Accounting firms are entrusted with a wealth of sensitive financial data, including tax records, income statements, and other confidential information. Attorney Phillip A.

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