Accounting fraud

Patisserie Holdings Plc finance chief Chris Marsh was arrested as U.K. fraud prosecutors opened a probe into an accounting scandal that threatens to shutter the cake baker’s 200-plus stores.

Testifying at the accounting fraud trial of two former executives, the U.K. retailer's chief talked of his genuine shock when he was first shown a report that described howthe company had overstated income by 246 million pounds ($326 million).

Text message recipients were told there was impending, unspecified bad news coming before the accounting scandal unfolded.

U.K. cake baker Patisserie Holdings Plc suspended its chief financial officer after uncovering “significant, and potentially fraudulent, accounting irregularities” and a demand for more than a million pounds in back taxes.

The troubled bed retailer plans to close up to 700 stores.

A legal fight kicks off to recover some of the billions of dollars investors lost after the South African retailer’s financial scandal.

The former head of the scandal-scarred retailer blames fellow executives and auditing firms for his company's near collapse.

The retailer's former chief financial officer pointed the finger at ex-CEO Markus Jooste and auditors including Deloitte for the company’s accounting scandal.

The retailer's former chief, Markus Jooste, has agreed to appear at a hearing next week in South Africa, provided it's not about his company's accounting scandal.

As Noble Group’s troubles mounted, the role of Singapore’s regulators has come under scrutiny.

Now that a guilty plea by the president’s ex-lawyer has implicated the Trump Organization, federal, state and local prosecutors are circling.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV suspended former Chief Financial Officer Ben La Grange and ex-director Stehan Grobler in the first action taken against current employees of the company following an accounting scandal.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors walked the jury in the trial of Paul Manafort through records to back their claim that the former Trump campaign chairman deceived his own financial advisers to hide his foreign accounts and income from U.S. tax authorities.

U.S. prosecutors shifted away from showcasing Paul Manafort’s excesses and toward the core of their fraud accusations against him, offering evidence that he was deeply in debt as he submitted crudely altered financial statements to secure bank loans.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV said the former head of finance in Europe has left the boards of two key units as an investigation into the scandal-hit retailer’s inaccurate accounts deepens.

Forensic accountant Tiffany Couch shares three stories from her files, with valuable lessons for finding and preventing fraud.

The former leaders of Constellation Healthcare Technologies are alleged to have falsified financial and other information.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV is seeking a three-year extension on most of its 9.6 billion euros ($11.3 billion) of debt as the retailer battles to come to grips with an accounting scandal that’s wiped more than 96 percent off the share price.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV’s finances are in a mess. Now it’s going after those who presided over the fiasco.

Steinhoff International Holdings NV’s shares plunged to a record low after the retailer warned of impairments beyond the 6 billion euros ($7.2 billion) reported in December and said it’s facing at least five lawsuits.