February 13, 2019/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against a former senior attorney at Apple whose duties included executing the company’s insider trading compliance efforts. The SEC’s complaint alleges that Gene Daniel Levoff, an attorney who previously served as Apple’s global head of […]
Frauds & Scandals
Deloitte Japan Charged With Violating Auditor Independence Rules
February 13, 2019/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC (Deloitte Japan) will pay $2 million to settle charges that it issued audit reports for an audit client at a time when dozens of its employees maintained bank accounts with the client’s subsidiary. According […]
Court Imposes Lifetime Officer-And-Director Bars On Two Corporate Officers Charged with a Fraudulent Earnings Management Scheme
February 12, 2019/US SEC A federal district court has permanently barred two former corporate officers of a North Carolina-based hygiene and sanitation company from serving as officers or directors of public companies. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the two officers of Swisher Hygiene, Inc., Michael J. Kipp, Swisher’s former […]
