Financial crimes

Steinhoff International Holdings NV is paying for forensic auditors at PwC to help South African anti-corruption police investigate alleged financial wrongdoing that brought the retailer to the brink of collapse.

Root of a problem; in the pipeline; little oversight; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

On the run; Talent for fraud; relative chips in; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

South Korean prosecutors have summoned Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee for questioning in an ongoing investigation into alleged accounting fraud and a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates, dealing another legal blow to the country’s largest corporation.

The short version of Hertz Global Holdings Inc.’s bankruptcy story goes something like this: Global pandemic obliterates the travel business and lands an iconic 102-year-old company in court to seek protection from creditors.

Yacht happening; going, going, gone; grey and bootleg; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday settled charges against three former KPMG audit partners for sharing answers to internal training exams.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit spent more than $1.3 million in fiscal year 2018 on undercover confidential operations, including travel costs, according to a new report.

Grant Thornton CEO Brad Preber and principal Linda Miller, who leads the firm's fraud and financial crimes practice, offer strategies to help businesses protect themselves from fraud amid the pandemic environment.

China’s securities regulator blacklisted six executives for their role in a $4.2 billion accounting scandal at Kangmei Pharmaceutical Co., one of the country’s biggest drugmakers.

A fuel and his money; see ya labor; low miles but high taxes; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Gave at the office; mortgage and mining; rotten to the corps; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Red-handed; marina fees and airline tickets; similar patterns; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Chinese investigators raided the offices of Luckin Coffee Inc. as part of a multi-agency investigation into its finances, according to a person familiar with the matter, as pressure grows on the formerly high-flying coffee chain at the center of an accounting scandal.

Scrap rap; the roof caves in; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Where grass is not greener; MS KO; brother’s keeper; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Fate sealed; insults to injury; thanks, dad; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

China’s second accounting scandal in less than a week is underscoring concern over lax corporate governance at some of the country’s fastest-growing companies.

The accounting scandal at Starbucks Corp.’s biggest competitor in China triggered a rout in shares linked to the company’s chairman, wiping out most of his wealth and knocking the tycoon out of the ranks of China’s billionaires.

Over the Topps; a thirst for fraud; the sky is limited; and other highlights of recent tax cases.