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Back to the Ledger: The SEC Stands Up a Dedicated Accounting Fraud Unit

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The SEC has created dedicated accounting-fraud teams before. It did so in 2013 with a Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force, and again this past spring with a “SOX group” that arrived with little more fanfare than a pair of job listings....

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The SEC’s New SOX Squad: Five Takeaways for Auditors and Public Companies

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In a shrinking enforcement area, the SOX group is growing.The SEC initiated only 10 accounting and auditing actions in 2025, the lowest number in nine years. The monetary figures are even more striking than those case counts. The SEC collec...

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Intelligize Data: Large Filers Struggling with Internal Controls After Going Public

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It has been more than 20 years since Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in response to a rash of turn-of-the-century accounting scandals. But unlike those choker necklaces and Nickelback CDs you’re holding onto from the era, SOX remains...

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