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Company: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Current Parent Company:
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:
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Penalty: $6,000,000
Year: 2011
Date: April 5, 2011
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: accounting fraud or deficiencies
Violation Description: The SEC sanctioned five India-based affiliates of PricewaterhouseCoopers that formerly served as independent auditors of Satyam Computer Services Limited for repeatedly conducting deficient audits of the company's financial statements and enabling a massive accounting fraud to go undetected for several years.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: business services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: accounting services
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