KPMG fined record $10M
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Biggest fine for US accounting firm will settle charges it mishandled Gemstar-TV Guide&#39;s books. WASHINGTON  - KPMG will pay $10 million -- the largest fine ever against a US accounting firm -- to
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Fannie Mae investors should be entitled to about $10 billion in compensation for losses stemming from accounting manipulation at the mortgage finance company, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann said yesterday .
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The private-equity firm invests more than 10% of its assets in the latest quarter.
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WASHINGTON -- Twenty-nine investment firms, including some of Wall Street&#39;s biggest names, have been fined a total $9.2 million by securities regulators who said they were late in reporting disciplinary history and other data about their brokers.
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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister  Pavlo Lazarenko was sentenced to nine years in prison and fined  $10 million in a U.S. court on Friday after being convicted in  2004 of extortion and money laundering.
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Business & money: Water industry regulator Ofwat confirms that it has hit company with its biggest fine ever
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The company behind the Richard and Judy premium rate telephone quiz scandal is fined Â£150,000.
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US tax officials collected a record $43.1 billion in fiscal 2004 from enforcement cases that scrutinized tax returns of large businesses and high-income people, the government said on Thursday.
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A judge on Wednesday ruled to strike out a record 230.5 million pound ($415 million) claim for special damages by British investment bank Collins Stewart against the Financial Times newspaper.
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Accounting firm KPMG will pay $10 million to settle charges of improper professional conduct while acting as auditor for Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.
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Federal regulators imposed a $10 million penalty against an Alabama bank for alleged violations of rules barring money laundering.
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The NASD on Wednesday said it has collected a record &#36;102 million in disciplinary fines in 2004, triple the amount collected last year, for infractions including improper mutual fund trading, variable annuity abuses and client overcharges.
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KPMG LLP yesterday agreed to pay $10 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the firm and four accountants engaged in improper professional conduct, leading to repeated audit failures at client Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.
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The company behind the Richard and Judy TV quiz phone-in scandal is fined Â£150,000.
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Boston (Oct. 8, 2004) - Big Four firm KPMG and its Belgian unit agreed to pay $115 million to settle a class-action shareholder lawsuit that alleged that the firm&#39;s audits of Belgium-based Lernout &amp; Hauspie
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The accounting firm KPMG has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit claiming the company failed in its audit of a software company which later collapsed.
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Twenty-nine investment firms, including some of Wall Street's biggest names, have been fined a total $9.2 million by securities regulators who said they were late in reporting disciplinary history and other data about their brokers. The investment arms of Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. and Wachovia Corp. were barred from registering new brokers for five business days.