Members of ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) can now apply to become registered auditors in a move that will help alleviate talent shortages and widen diversity in the audit sector Following accreditation last year by South Africa’s Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors, members of ACCA are now able to apply to become registered […]
The Niobrara National Scenic River. (Courtesy of NPS) LINCOLN — Nebraska’s state auditor has questioned the handling of public funds by a small nonprofit that helps manage the Niobrara Scenic River corridor. Among eyebrow-raising items described Wednesday by Auditor Mike Foley is nearly $40,000 in unused leave pay that went to a top executive who […]
When 50 people piled into two rooms on the third floor of the Minnehaha County Administration Building at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, preparing to hand count every one of the 13,189 ballots cast in the county’s June 4 primary election, they expected to be done sometime that afternoon. After all, when Minnehaha County Auditor Leah […]
Many of Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson’s claims about discrepancies in the county’s 2020 election results, which she has connected to a supposed algorithm altering absentee ballots to aid Democratic candidates across the country, come from analysis of county election data that she gave to a “data expert” named Jeffrey O’Donnell. O’Donnell has become a […]
Jun. 12—GRAND FORKS — Despite an increase of nearly 30,000 eligible voters in North Dakota this year, the number of ballots unofficially cast in the Tuesday, June 11, primary election remained nearly the same. Across the state, 17.86% of eligible voters cast ballots; the unofficial turnout was 106,111, according to the North Dakota secretary of […]
Of more than 12,000 complaints to a Office of the State Auditor’s tip line set up after the passage of HB257, Utah’s so-called transgender bathroom bill, five appeared to be “good faith” efforts of “plausible violations” of the statute. Utah State Auditor John Dougall announced Wednesday that after reviews of four of the five complaints, […]
A new independent review into an incident involving now-fired police officer Ryan Westlake concludes that Akron Police Department supervisors should also be investigated for how they handled the incident. At the Akron Citizens’ Police Oversight Board’s Wednesday meeting, Independent Police Auditor Anthony Finnell shared the findings of his review into a March 1 use-of-force incident […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — After three weeks of sifting through more than 12,000 bogus complaints over Utah’s transgender bathroom law, the Utah State Auditor’s Office says it’s received only a handful of submissions that might be legitimate. In a statement Wednesday, State Auditor John Dougall wrote that while most complaints to the state’s tip […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — As his office continues to be bombarded by fake tip line complaints, Utah Auditor John Dougall said that he didn’t sign up to be the state’s “bathroom monitor.” In a strongly-worded statement this week, Dougall criticized lawmakers for rushing House Bill 275 through the legislature this past session, noting that […]
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s media and technology company said it had replaced its auditor, BF Borgers, after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the accounting firm with “massive fraud” on Friday. Trump Media & Technology Group said in a filing with the SEC on Monday that it had switched to […]
Getty Trump Media’s stock price dropped on Friday after its auditor was accused of “massive fraud.” The auditor BF Borgers did not comply with common accounting standards, the SEC said. Shares of the media company fell as much as 9% on Friday morning. Trump Media shares tumbled yet again on Friday after the Securities and […]
Donald Trump’s media group appointed BF Borgers as its auditor in 2022 – Pool/Getty Images North America The audit firm used by Donald Trump’s social media company has been shut down by US regulators after being accused of running a “sham audit mill”. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged BF Borgers and its owner […]