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Friday Footnotes: The Metaverse’s First CPA Firm Gets Sued; CPA Exam Blueprints; Mad Mergers | 1.6.23

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“When you have a massive financial collapse like FTX, there are going to be many, many institutions—and perhaps individuals—who allegedly profited improperly along the way,” said Samuel Issacharoff, a New York University law professor. Money Diary: A Senior External Auditor On 54k [ Refinery29 ].

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Friday Footnotes: Deloitte’s Naughty Workpapers; Audit Reform Critics; Clients Getting Dropped Like Mics | 3.4.22

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Meanwhile on Twitter, our friend Sam Antar is still roasting the KPMG auditors (well, technically Peat Marwick) who let the Crazy Eddie fraud slip through their horny little fingers: Two hookers and an auditor. in Tax Season ‘Chaos’ [ New York Times ] At the Internal Revenue Service’s sprawling Kansas City, Mo.,

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Pays High Schoolers 20 Bucks an Hour; Deloitte Cyberattacked Too; IRS on ERC | 7.28.23

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He graduated summa cum laude in accounting from Baruch College with numerous other academic awards and a continuing passion for wrestling, Ping Pong and handball. He was drafted into the army in 1952 and returned to the accounting firm in 1954. appeared first on Going Concern.