The ATM maker loses money

Oki Electric Industry, the maker of ATMs, telecommunications equipment and printers, suspended its Managing Director of its Spanish printer making entity Oki Systems Ibérica S.A.U. amid accounting probe. The MD allegedly overstated the Spanish unit’s accounts...

The future is bleak

The futures brokerage firm Peregrine Financial Group has filed for Chapter 7 protection, after its founder attempted suicide and amid allegations of fraud. It is alleged that more than $200 million had gone missing at the commodities brokerage. In his suicide note,...

The radio embezzlement

XM Satellite Radio lost $900,000 of company funds in a case of embezzlement by a former employee. Valencia Person an employee of XM Radio colluded with Brenda Jones another XM Radio employee to defraud the company. The two diverted a couple of dozen payments that were...

Internal control issues at Weatherford Int

Weatherford International Ltd, a Geneva based oilfield services and equipment company, announced that it will be restating its results back to 2007 and delay the 2010 annual report. The delay the company said is due to tax accounting errors stemming from failure of...

SOX- Finally some cost savings for smaller companies

In this economy where companies are cutting costs left and right, the SEC’s final rulemaking release on September 15, 2010 was a relief. The release eliminates the requirement for newly public companies and smaller public companies (i.e., non-accelerated filers...