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By Adrianne Appel2023-03-14T16:38:00
A Pennsylvania-based company that designs industrial wastewater treatment and filtration plants agreed to pay $8.5 million to resolve charges it misstated its revenue in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The SEC announced Monday it charged Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. and a former company finance director, Imran Parekh, with improper accounting practices in the firm’s 2017 and 2018 filings with the agency.
The SEC alleged Parekh, as finance director of Rhode Island-based acquisition Neptune Benson, inflated revenues by nearly $12 million for fiscal year 2017 as Evoqua was preparing to go public.
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2024-05-16T18:52:00Z By Jeff Dale
Evoqua Water Technologies agreed to pay $8.5 million as part of a nonprosecution agreement with the Department of Justice to settle admitted criminal charges related to fraudulent revenue recognition.
2023-04-19T16:46:00Z By Jeff Dale
New York-based investment adviser Betterment agreed to pay $9 million to settle charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission over material misstatements and omissions related to its automated tax loss harvesting service.
2023-03-30T17:13:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Spicer Jeffries and one of its audit engagement partners were spared financial penalties in settling with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations of improper professional conduct during the audits of two private funds.
2025-04-22T12:00:00Z
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging the ride-hailing company signed customers up for its Uber One subscription without consent, then made it hard for them to cancel. The move marks the U.S. government’s latest broadside against big tech companies, and the first major action from ...
2025-04-18T17:45:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to unravel amid pressure from Trump administration officials to shutter the agency. Not only has the agency informed its employees that it will no longer be a watchdog for the financial services industry, it has also laid off employees despite court orders blocking ...
2025-04-15T07:30:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped yet another consumer protection lawsuit against a bank or fintech provider since Donald Trump was sworn in as president in January. This time, it was with Comerica Bank.
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