The Case: FDIC v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, et al.

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Rejournal 1:

FDIC v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, et al.

Concerns: Ethics Politics Crime Audit & Oversight

This case sought to hold auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) responsible for their failure to detect a $2.3 billion fraud that the judge described as “one of the largest and longest-lasting bank frauds in American banking history” and which …

Oct. 17, 2022
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Rejournal 5:

PwC to pay $335 million over failed audits of Alabama's Colonial Bank: U.S. regulator

Concerns: Ethics Crime Audit & Oversight
Topics: Fraud Corruption Bankruptcy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. banking regulator said on Friday that PricewaterhouseCoopers will pay $335 million to settle claims of "professional negligence," after saying the auditor should have identified problems leading to the 2009 co…

March 24, 2019
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Rejournal 22:

Lawsuit over audits seeks $5.5B from PricewaterhouseCoopers

Concerns: Ethics Audit & Oversight
Topics: Fraud Corruption Bankruptcy

MIAMI (AP) — Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers squared off Tuesday in court with lawyers for a defunct mortgage company’s creditors and investors over a $5.5 billion lawsuit, which claimed the Big Four firm failed through years of audits…

Aug. 9, 2016

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FDIC v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, et al.

Concerns: Ethics Politics Crime Audit & Oversight

A brief excerpt from the memorandum and order by Chief United States District Judge Keith Watkins: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) stepped in as receiver for Colonial upon its failure. In its capacity as receiver for Colonia…

Sept. 10, 2013