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U.S. Audit Overseer Under Scrutiny

6 face criminal charges for leaking information to KPMG.

By Matt Robinson & Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg | Updated on January 25, 2018

The U.S. regulator overseeing auditors was rocked by criminal charges as federal prosecutors accused three former employees of leaking inside information to KPMG so it could improve its audit results.

The allegations are a major embarrassment for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a regulator that was meant to restore public confidence in the audit industry after accounting scandals at Enron and WorldCom cost investors billions of dollars. Claims that employees shared confidential information with a top audit firm raise doubt about whether the PCAOB is up to the job.

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