Auditors Suspended in College of New Rochelle Fallout
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Two former KPMG auditors agreed to be suspended from practicing before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after the financial regulator charged them with improper professional conduct during an audit of the since-closed College of New Rochelle in New York.
Christopher Stanley, a former KPMG partner, has the right to apply for reinstatement after three years. Jennifer Stewart, a former senior manager at the auditing firm, can apply for reinstatement after one year. They agreed to be suspended without admitting to or denying the SEC’s findings.
The two were involved in the approval of an unmodified audit opinion for the College of New Rochelle’s 2015 fiscal year financial statements, even though important audit steps had not been completed, according to an SEC news release. KPMG encountered difficulty finishing the audit after the College of New Rochelle’s controller provided inaccurate, incomplete and con
SEC Charges Two Former KPMG Auditors for Improper Professional Conduct
Zoya Malik February 24, 2021 (Last Updated February 24th, 2021 13:45)
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On 23 February 2021, The Securities and Exchange Commission suspended two former KPMG auditors from practicing before the SEC in connection with settled charges against the two for improper professional conduct during an audit of the now defunct, not-for-profit College of New Rochelle. The SEC previously charged the college’s former controller with fraud in connection with the college’s fiscal year 2015 financial statements
According to the SEC’s orders, former KPMG partner Christopher Stanley approved, and former KPMG senior manager Jennifer Stewart authorised, the issuance of an unmodified audit opinion on the college’s fiscal year 2015 financial statements, despite not having completed critical audit steps. As described in the orders, KPMG’s work on the audit had
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington D.C., Feb. 23, 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission today suspended two former KPMG auditors from practicing before the SEC in connection with settled charges against the two for improper professional conduct during an audit of the now defunct, not-for-profit College of New Rochelle. The SEC previously charged the college’s former controller with fraud in connection with the college’s fiscal year 2015 financial statements.
According to the SEC’s orders, former KPMG partner Christopher Stanley approved, and former KPMG senior manager Jennifer Stewart authorized, the issuance of an unmodified audit opinion on the college’s fiscal year 2015 financial statements, despite not having completed critical audit steps. As described in the orders, KPMG’s work on the audit had stalled because the college’s former controller had provided the audit team with inaccurate, incomplete, and contradictory information. On No
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