Accounting fraud

Shipbuilder Austal USA and its parent company agreed to a $24 million civil penalty to settle fraud charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Starboard Value LP urged Autodesk Inc.'s board to evaluate whether Chief Executive Officer Andrew Anagnost is the right person to lead the company following recent accounting issues.

Mike Lynch, who is missing after his yacht sank off Sicily, had only recently fended off a U.S. criminal fraud case over the sale of his company to Hewlett Packard.

The police are looking into possible accounting and marketing fraud, market manipulation and use of privileged information.

Brazilian Federal Police carried out their most extensive operation yet to punish those responsible for a massive fraud carried out at retailer Americanas SA with arrest and search warrants issued in Rio de Janeiro.

Shares of Bookoff Group Holdings, a chain of second-hand Japanese bookstores, tumbled 10% after discovering fictitious purchases by employees.

Keith Taylor is charged with embezzling about $2.5 million intended to help working families, allegedly spending it on rent for a luxury Manhattan high rise, and meals at top restaurants and steakhouses. 

Prosecutors alleged that Autonomy used a number of manipulations to make its revenue growth appear better than it was, so vendors would then buy the company's products.

The software maker's shares soared by the most in more than a year after the company reassigned its chief financial officer, resolving an internal accounting investigation that delayed filings for weeks.

The lawsuit alleges that Jim Chanos "planned on using his power as general partner to run the company into the ground, enjoy the tax benefits of his financial shenanigans, and leave his partners with nothing."