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Company: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Current Parent CompanyPricewaterhouseCoopers
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Penalty: $4,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: November 30, 2023
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: accounting fraud or deficiencies
Violation Description: From 2018 until 2020, PwC HK violated PCAOB rules and quality control standards related to integrity and personnel management by failing to establish appropriate policies and procedures for administering and overseeing internal training tests, including tests designed to help the Firm's audit professionals satisfy the requirements for maintaining their professional certifications.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
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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