Accountancy

KPMG fined £14m and ex-partner faces 15-year ban over forging documents in Carillion probe

Ex-KPMG staff found to have forged documents to mislead probe into Carillion audit

Five of KPMG’s former staff had acted to mislead inspectors from the Financial Reporting Council who were looking into the firm’s audit of outsourcer Carillion in 2018
Five of KPMG’s former staff had acted to mislead inspectors from the Financial Reporting Council who were looking into the firm’s audit of outsourcer Carillion in 2018 Photo: AFP/Getty Images

KPMG is set to receive a £14.4m fine and one of its ex-partners is facing a 15-year ban from the profession after a group of the firm’s auditors was found to have misled a regulatory probe by forging documents.

A sanctions hearing on 12 May was told that a tribunal had decided that five of KPMG’s former staff had acted to mislead inspectors from the Financial Reporting Council who were looking into the firm’s audit of outsourcer Carillion in 2018.

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