Accountancy

PwC fined £2.5m over BT fraud audit failures

One of the firm’s former audit partners was fined £60,000

The Financial Reporting Council found that PwC failed to act with sufficient scepticism in relation to BT’s adjustments during its 2017 audit
The Financial Reporting Council found that PwC failed to act with sufficient scepticism in relation to BT’s adjustments during its 2017 audit Photo: Getty Images

PwC has been fined £2.5m by the audit watchdog for its failures following the discovery of a massive fraud in telecom company BT’s Italian unit in 2016.

BT uncovered a fraud in its Italian business in 2016, which forced it to issue adjustments of £513m in its 2017 financial statements.

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