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Coverage dated June 27, 2022

Ernst & Young hit with $100 million fine after auditors cheat on ethics exam

Headline from CBS News

Nearly 50 of the auditing firm's employees shared CPA test answers, securities regulators say.

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  1. New York Times

    Ernst & Young to Pay $100 Million Fine After Auditors Cheated on Exams (opens New York Times)

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    The S.E.C. said the cheating involved hundreds of the firm’s auditors from 2017 to 2021.

  2. CBS News

    Ernst & Young hit with $100 million fine after auditors cheat on ethics exam (opens CBS News)

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    Nearly 50 of the auditing firm's employees shared CPA test answers, securities regulators say.

  3. Wyoming Public Media

    Accounting giant Ernst & Young admits its employees cheated on ethics exams (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    Ernst & Young is being fined $100 million by federal regulators after its employees cheated on ethics exams.

  4. ABC 10 Sacramento

    Ernst & Young hit with $100 million fine after employees cheated on ethics exams (opens ABC 10 Sacramento)

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    The fine is the largest penalty ever imposed by the SEC against an audit firm, the commission said Tuesday.

  5. Digital Journal

    Record Ernst & Young fine in US for cheating on ethics exams (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    US authorities fined Ernst & Young a record $100 million over cheating on accounting ethics exams that the firm initially covered up from regulators.

  6. Washington Examiner

    Ernst & Young to pay SEC $100 million for employees cheating on CPA ethics exams (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Ernst & Young, one of the "Big Four" accounting firms in the United States, will pay a $100 million penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission after admitting its auditors had cheated on the certified public accountant exams.

  7. CNN

    Top accounting firm fined $100 million after employees cheated on CPA exams (opens CNN)

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    Ernst & Young has been slapped with a record $100 million fine from the US government after regulators discovered that the company knew some of its auditors were cheating on exams for several years and did nothing to stop it.

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