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Ex-KPMG leader atop 'chain of corruption' gets a year and a day in jail
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-09-11T20:28:00
A former KPMG leader was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to subvert the regulatory inspection process.
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