USA v. Middendorf et al

  1. February 21, 2024

    Ex-KPMG Exec, Ex-Oversight Staffer Get Convictions Vacated

    A New York federal judge has vacated the convictions and guilty pleas of an ex-KPMG executive and a former member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in a scheme to use stolen confidential information to help the auditing firm get better results on audits conducted by the regulatory board.

  2. December 06, 2023

    2nd Circ. Drops Fraud Charges Against Ex-KPMG Exec

    A Second Circuit panel Tuesday approved federal prosecutors' request to remand the appeals of a former executive at the accounting firm KPMG and an inspections leader with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, so their fraud charges could be dismissed in district court.

  3. October 30, 2020

    CORRECTED: Feds Urge Leniency For Ex-KPMG Partner

    The government on Friday urged leniency at the upcoming sentencing of ex-KPMG partner Thomas Whittle over the help he provided prosecutors cracking down on a scheme to funnel inside information about a financial watchdog's plans to inspect particular KPMG audits.

  4. September 15, 2020

    Feds Side With Ex-KPMG Partner Seeking Lighter Sentence

    Federal prosecutors supported the efforts of a former KPMG partner seeking a leaner sentence after pleading guilty to an illicit auditing scheme, telling a New York federal court Tuesday that he should receive less prison time than the 27- to 33-month guidelines.

  5. September 11, 2020

    Ex-KPMG Partner Says Jail Would Be 'Cruel' In Audit Scam

    A former KPMG partner who pled guilty to using secret information from a financial watchdog told a New York federal judge Thursday that sentencing him to prison rather than home confinement would be "cruel," arguing that his expected deportation to his home country of Australia is punishment enough.

  6. March 19, 2020

    Ex-KPMG Exec Asks 2nd Circ. To Overturn Conviction

    Ex-KPMG executive David Middendorf urged the Second Circuit to overturn his fraud conviction on Thursday, telling the court that "schemes directed at intangible regulatory interests," such as one to nab nonpublic inspection lists from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, are not wire fraud.

  7. October 11, 2019

    9 Months For Ex-Accountant Who Leaked Secrets To KPMG

    A Manhattan federal judge hit former Public Company Accounting Oversight Board accountant Jeffrey Wada with nine months in prison Friday for passing inspection secrets from the financial watchdog to KPMG, calling him a "crucial" component of an illegal scheme that led to six convictions.

  8. October 03, 2019

    Ex-KPMG Partner Cops To Scheme, Pins Hopes On 2nd Circ.

    Former KPMG partner David Britt pled guilty on Thursday to conspiring with ex-colleagues to use secret information from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, but indicated that if the Second Circuit sides with his co-defendant, he may attempt to vacate the conviction.

  9. September 11, 2019

    Ex-KPMG Partner Gets Year In Prison For Regulatory Fraud

    A former high-level partner at auditor KPMG was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison Wednesday for a scheme to get secret intel from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to help KPMG perform better in inspections.

  10. September 10, 2019

    Ex-KPMG Partner, Ex-Regulator Can't Nix Fraud Convictions

    A New York federal judge has shut down efforts by an ex-KPMG partner and a former Public Company Accounting Oversight Board official to nullify their March convictions over an alleged jobs-for-secrets scheme.