All Autonomy articles

  • Article

    Former Autonomy CFO sentenced to 60 months in prison

    2019-05-15T15:15:00Z

    Sushovan Hussain, the former chief financial officer of U.K. software firm Autonomy, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in falsifying the company’s revenues prior to its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.

  • Blog

    Former Autonomy execs face fraud charges in HP deal

    2018-12-03T14:00:00Z

    A federal grand jury has delivered indictments against former Autonomy executives in connection with HP’s failed acquisition of the U.K. technology business.

  • Blog

    What changed? FRC brings action in Autonomy scandal

    2018-06-10T13:00:00Z

    The Financial Reporting Council has brought long-awaited charges against Autonomy executives for their role in the massive accounting fraud uncovered when Hewlett-Packard attempted to purchase the software firm in 2011.

  • Blog

    Autonomy verdict and FCPA defenses

    2018-05-05T14:30:00Z

    A recent case involving Autonomy and Hewlett-Packard shows that it is not the bribe receiver’s conduct but the bribe payor’s conduct that matters.

  • Blog

    Compliance lessons from the HP-Autonomy fiasco

    2018-03-03T11:45:00Z

    The Man From FCPA discusses the reasons behind one of the greatest corporate disasters in the past few years: the acquisition of Autonomy by Hewlett-Packard.

  • Blog

    Compliance lessons keep coming from HP/Autonomy deal

    2016-09-06T08:30:00Z

    HP’s legendarily bungled acquisition of U.K. software company Autonomy continues to provide valuable compliance lessons as well as one heck of a corporate governance horror story. Tom Fox reports.