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BDO and two former partners fined £6.1m total by FRC over faked audit evidence​

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Jean Hurley

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​The misconduct included the fabrication and falsification of documents as well as the unauthorized use of electronic signatures.

​The UK’s audit watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), has imposed substantial sanctions totaling over £6.1m ($8m) against BDO LLP and two former audit engagement partners, John Everingham and Kevin Cook. The enforcement followed admissions of misconduct that involved the fabrication of audit evidence and unauthorized report issuance over

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