Chinese “Big Four” Accounting Firms Fined $2 million for Corporate Fraud
By Austin Gray, Marketing –
The SEC is currently battling China’s “Big Four” accounting firms for audit documents.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has battled with the Chinese affiliates of the “Big Four” accounting firms over document transparencies of Chinese firms for many years.
Chinese companies are collecting billions of dollars from American investors each year. Companies such as Alibaba and China Petroleum marked some of the highest IPO earnings in the history of U.S. stock exchange. However, U.S. investors haven’t been receiving the honest financial reports from Chinese companies.
The Deception
The SEC demanded that the Big Four — Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG — provide transparent company audit documents, but it was to no avail. The Big Four argued that the Chinese government restricted them from providing complete reports.
The SEC believes it is important to eliminate accounting fraud and after much investigation, they came to an agreement with the Big Four to resolve such issues.
The Result
The Big Four will pay a $2 million penalty and will provide financial documents to SEC investigators for further review of fraud.
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