Accountancy

Deloitte hit with record £15m fine for ‘serious’ failures in Autonomy audits

Deloitte audited UK software company Autonomy before its disastrous $11bn takeover by Hewlett Packard

Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte has been fined £15m and ordered to pay more than £5m in costs for failures in its audit of software company Autonomy.

Two of its former partners have also been sanctioned. Richard Knights was fined £500,000 and excluded from membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales for five years, and Nigel Mercer was fined £250,000 and severely reprimanded.

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