Accounting fraud

Markus Braun insisted he acted properly when he told markets two months before the company's spectacular demise that a KPMG probe found no wrongdoing — even though the auditor didn't have access to the documents it needed.

In his first public comments about his involvement in an episode that wiped out billions of euros in shareholder value, Braun spoke of a "day of shock and pain."

The Indian billionaire seeks to rebuild investor confidence in the wake of a bruising short-seller attack accusing his companies of accounting fraud.

Billionaire Gautam Adani's companies have suffered a stock meltdown in recent weeks after U.S. short-seller Hindenburg Research accused the conglomerate of manipulation and accounting fraud.

The $4 billion accounting shortfall would typically raise alarm bells for an auditor. Somehow, a PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP affiliate didn't catch it at Americanas SA.

Crowe U.K. replaced the Big Four firm as the auditor of U.K. entities including Adani Energy Holdings after the Indian firm bought them in 2021.

A short-seller accused the the company of "brazen" market manipulation and accounting fraud.

Hindenburg Research had published a 100-page report alleging that its two-year investigation found "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud."

Trump, his company and three of his children were sued for allegedly manipulating the value of his assets for years to dupe banks and insurers.

The Indian company may sue U.S. investor Hindenburg Research after the short seller released a report alleging "brazen" market manipulation and accounting fraud.