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Friday Footnotes: PwC Partners Get Played; Bad Accounting on the Rise; Getting to the Bottom of the Shortage | 9.1.23

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Audit Battle lines drawn over auditors’ role in combating fraud [ AccountancyAge “Patisserie Valerie pushed the issue of auditor responsibility [for fraud detection] to the fore after so many accounting scandals. Despite receiving the completed and accurate tax returns from the accounting firm, Patrick did not file them with the IRS.

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Friday Footnotes: Why Private Equity Loves the Profession; A Very Naughty KPMG Employee; WTF PwC Guy | 4.5.24

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Finance ] Aitzarelys Negrón, certified public accountant (CPA) and founder of Strategies and T.E.A., said, “I had been working at a [major] accounting firm since 2015 before being laid off in the fall of 2020. million in 2023 while generating total revenues of $4.1

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