Accounting fraud

Less than two months after leaving prison, the former Enron CEO settled a lawsuit claiming he helped defraud a Canadian investment firm.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV pushed back the dates for the publication of audited earnings for 2017 and 2018 after the findings of a forensic probe by PwC made the process more time consuming and complex.

The rental car company is demanding that ex-CEO Mark Frissora and other former senior managers return incentives they received.

CEO Markus Braun tried to put fraud allegations behind him as questions persisted after an external probe failed to resolve issues from potential criminal behavior.

Wirecard AG surged the most in more than a decade after saying irregularities found in an external investigation into fraud allegations in Asia weren’t material.

Faced with a U.S. indictment, the British tech leader had a simple choice: Focus on the criminal trial—with a possible sentence of 20 years in prison—or fight a civil lawsuit first over accounting fraud.

The retailer's former chief financial officer is working with authorities as they investigate questionable transactions.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV identified eight people, including former Chief Executive Officer Markus Jooste, as those allegedly behind questionable transactions that brought the global retailer to near-collapse.

For 20 years, the global retailer thrived off deal-making. Now, some of those transactions are back in the spotlight, and not in a good way.

Christo Wiese says the retailer’s overview of a forensic probe into the company’s accounting irregularities supports his claim against the company.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV plans to dig deeper into the accounting misdeeds that brought the retailing giant to its knees as it seeks to get to the bottom of some $7.4 billion in fictitious or improper deals.

Olympus Corp. lost a U.K. lawsuit that tried to block the pension of former head Michael Woodford after he blew the whistle on an alleged $1.7 billion accounting fraud and 13-year cover-up at the firm.

The bakery chain was rescued by an Irish private-equity firm after an accounting scandal pushed the U.K. cake baker into insolvency.

Milan prosecutors say former executives at BT Group were aware its Italian unit hid losses and inflated revenue by producing fictitious invoices.

A new survey finds 10 percent of controllers feel misrepresenting their company's performance is a regular part of their job.

The German online payments firm Wirecard AG has seen its stock plunge by more than a third in recent days on reports of accounting misdeeds.

In his 17 years as chief executive officer of Germany’s Wirecard AG, Markus Braun has gained plenty of experience fighting off skeptics and critics.

The grocer's former chief financial officer was acquitted of fraud charges, drawing into question the prosecutor’s methods.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has imposed a civil penalty on the car rental giant for misstating pretax income.

The auditor that shed clients and staff hopes to reestablish its business in the country.