USA v. Middendorf et al

  1. August 09, 2019

    Ex-KPMG Accountant Gets 8 Months For Inspection Plan Theft

    A Manhattan federal judge on Friday sentenced a former KPMG accountant from Texas, who admitted poaching confidential inspection plans from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and giving them to KPMG, to eight months in prison.

  2. May 20, 2019

    Inspection Intel Leaked To KPMG Was 'Property,' Gov't Says

    Inside intel on which KPMG audits the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board would inspect counts as property under the wire fraud statute, prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge on Monday, urging him to reject two former insiders' bids for acquittal or a new trial.

  3. April 15, 2019

    Ex-KPMG Partner, Regulator Fight Fraud Convictions

    An ex-KPMG partner and a former Public Company Accounting Oversight Board official convicted last month in a jobs-for-secrets scheme have asked a New York federal court to throw out the convictions, saying prosecutors never provided enough evidence and didn't prove they acted willfully.

  4. March 11, 2019

    Ex-KPMG Partner, Regulator Found Guilty Of Info Theft

    An ex-KPMG partner and a former Public Company Accounting Oversight Board official were both convicted Monday of conspiring to steal secret board schedules so the accounting firm could better prepare itself for audit inspections, marking the first jury verdict in a Manhattan federal prosecution of six accountants accused of corrupting the regulatory process.

  5. March 07, 2019

    At PCAOB Leak Trial's Close, Many At KPMG Are Implicated

    As the prosecution and the defense made their closing pitches to a Manhattan federal jury on Thursday to seal the fates of two men accused of stealing the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's inspection plans to help auditing firm KPMG, both sides noted that others at KPMG failed to blow the whistle.

  6. February 28, 2019

    KPMG's Middendorf Says He May Testify As Feds Wrap Up

    Former KPMG partner David Middendorf may testify in his own defense to rebut fraud charges stemming from claims he and others filched plans from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to prepare for audit inspections, lawyers said Thursday after prosecutors closed their case.

  7. February 26, 2019

    'WTF?' Ex-KPMGer Says Boss Erupted When Whistle Blown

    An ex-KPMG partner who said he encouraged a new hire from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to share regulatory secrets told a Manhattan federal jury on Tuesday that his boss swore at him when he learned that a partner had blown the whistle, saying that's when he knew "we were caught."

  8. February 20, 2019

    Ex-KPMGer Admits Serial Tax And Bank Fraud, Cover-Up

    An accountant who turned against his former colleagues at KPMG and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in a federal fraud case told a Manhattan jury Wednesday that he and his co-conspirators tried to cover up their crimes — and admitted that he also scammed the IRS and a lender for years without fully disclosing it to prosecutors until the eve of trial.

  9. February 19, 2019

    KPMG Bosses Squeezed Me From Day 1, Cooperator Says

    An accountant who left the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for KPMG and agreed to testify against his former colleagues told a Manhattan jury on Tuesday that his supervisors at the Big Four auditing powerhouse began pressing him for regulatory secrets starting on his first day on the job.

  10. February 12, 2019

    Feds Tell Jury Of 'Cheating And Corruption' At Top Of KPMG

    A Manhattan federal prosecutor on Tuesday told jurors of how top level executives at KPMG schemed with insiders at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to steal confidential information from the regulator to improve the Big Four accountant's inspection results.