WASHINGTON—Wall Avenue’s prime cop is placing the screws to one of many world’s greatest audit companies—and going after its legal professionals, too.
As a part of a $100 million enforcement action introduced Tuesday towards Ernst & Younger, the Securities and Alternate Fee demanded the agency undertake a separate, follow-up investigation into the actions of its personal legal professionals and managers. The SEC accused EY of deceptive regulators about an inner report of dishonest on required ethics exams, and prompt the agency’s legal professionals and different executives had been conscious of the tip however didn’t reveal it.
