Frauds & Scandals

Former Equifax Executive Charged With Insider Trading

March 14, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former chief information officer of a U.S. business unit of Equifax with insider trading in advance of the company’s September 2017 announcement about a massive data breach that exposed the social security numbers and other personal information of […]

Foreign Affiliates of KPMG, Deloitte, BDO Charged in Improper Audits

Culled—Proshare 13/3/2018/SEC News The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged foreign affiliates of KPMG, Deloitte & Touche, and BDO for their involvement in audit work that circumvented the full oversight of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The firms agreed to settle the charges by paying penalties or disgorging […]

Lagos State And The Politics Of Taxation

Culled—-Proshare March 13, 2018/By Reuben Abati  The government of Lagos state seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a property tax as it were, known as the Land Use Charge Act of 2018, which repeals a similar law of 2001, and […]