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KPMG fined record £30m over Carillion auditing scandal

Outsourcing and construction company Carillion’s collapse in 2018 was a major corporate scandal (James Beck/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

KPMG UK hit with record fine over ‘exceptional’ failures in audits of Carillion

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KPMG settles Carillion collapse claim

Big Four auditor puts an end to legal claim with confidential settlement

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KPMG junior in Carillion forgery case should have questioned orders, tribunal says

KPMG junior should have questioned ‘highly unusual’ instructions in Carillion false documents case, says tribunal

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KPMG blames Carillion directors in fight against £1.3bn negligence claim

Big Four firm has defended its actions in a major Carillion negligence claim

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FRC blasted over ‘joke’ sanctions for junior KPMG staffer in Carillion case

'The FRC trying to attack people who earn below the average salary is a joke,' a junior auditor at KPMG told Financial News

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KPMG hit with £1.3bn claim over Carillion collapse

Negligence claim against KPMG for alleged role in Carillion collapse lands

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KPMG boss’s memo to staff: Brace for ‘further developments’ in coming days

KPMG chief executive Jon Holt: ‘I am the right person to deal with this’

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Ex-KPMG junior says suspension was ‘life-changing punishment’ that left him ‘depressed’ in Carillion tribunal

Junior auditor accused of creating fake meeting minutes to mislead regulator

Ex-KPMG partner accused of lying about his role in Carillion audit forgeries

Peter Meehan denies being involved in the alleged forgery plot

Ex-KPMG staffer accused of Carillion forgery was ‘junior cog’ in a ‘fast-moving and intricate machine’

Junior KPMG staff say they were overworked and following instructions from their bosses

KPMG Carillion auditors forged documents for financial, reputational gain, tribunal hears

Carillion was in a 'parlous financial state' at the time of the alleged forgeries

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KPMG’s auditors created fake meeting minutes and spreadsheets to mislead Carillion probe, watchdog claims

FRC alleges KPMG staff tried to deceive inspectors with forged documents

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KPMG taps partners for extra cash ahead of £1bn Carillion claim

The new structure has five levels of full equity partners with profit share rising as partners ascend the ranks

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KPMG set to face £15m legal claim over negligent Quindell audit

Quindell — now Watchstone — is set to claim it suffered losses of up to £15m as a result of KPMG’s audit in 2013

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KPMG could face £2bn legal claim over Carillion collapse

The estimates of the potential fallout come as KPMG has been told to appear before a disciplinary tribunal over 'false' information claims

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