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2022

KPMG LLP

What the case was

2022

Conduct toward the regulator

Auditors forged documents — spreadsheets and meeting minutes created after the accounts were signed off — to deceive the FRC's own audit quality inspectors reviewing the Carillion and Regenersis audits 4142

Sanction

£14.4m
The FRC's largest fine. Reduced from £20m for self-reporting, co-operation and admissions. The Carillion audit partner fined £250,000 and suspended for 10 years; four others fined and suspended 4142

Sources

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  1. PrimaryPrimary document. Financial Reporting Council, Sanctions against KPMG and others in connection with Regenersis & Carillion audits, 25 July 2022. frc.org.uk
  2. Construction News, Carillion auditor KPMG fined £14m for misleading regulators, 13 May 2022. constructionnews.co.uk

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