Accounting fraud

The resignation comes after Department of Justice launched a probe into an ex-employee's claims that Super Micro violated accounting rules.

The sofamaker agreed to pay $1.5 million to the SEC to settle allegations that two former executives devised a fraudulent accounting scheme to meet a key Wall Street metric.

Ben la Grange, whose official sentence is 10 years, won some leniency for cooperating with investigators.

The company was hit with a $24 million penalty as a result of an accounting scheme designed to inflate earnings.

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."

The bakery chain collapsed into insolvency in 2019 after a forensic investigation revealed thousands of false entries in its accounts.

The AFRC will investigate an anonymous report alleging deficiencies in the firm's quality management and the quality of its audits of the Chinese real estate giant.

Short-seller Hindenburg had alleged 'major irregularities' and 'manipulated earnings' at the Swiss fintech.

Markus Jooste allegedly took his own life after being notified of arrest warrants over an accounting scandal.

Chinese authorities are ramping up pressure on the global accounting giant that audited a slew of developers before the sector's meltdown.

A former employee of U.K. tech mogul Mike Lynch's Autonomy Corp. told jurors at his U.S. criminal trial that she and one of her higher-ups were both fired after flagging concerns about accounting irregularities.