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Friday Footnotes: Fired Accountant Spills the Dirty Laundry; Scandals of Yore; Gen AI For Good | 1.26.24

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He has extraordinary numerical skills and a meticulous eye for detail, which he applies in his work — by day, appears to be a certified accountant running his own office, but in actual fact, serves as a forensic accountant for nefarious underworld organizations. lived in Lexington at the time but later moved to South Carolina.

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The 150-Hour Rule: A Case of Quantity Over Quality

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The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) considers these to be equivalent college credit hours. While CPA firms continue to have difficulty finding and retaining qualified accountants, the NASBA continues to defend the 150-hour rule. Clearly, they are not.

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