German regulator hands EY 2-year audit ban over Wirecard scandal - Handelsblatt
BERLIN, April 3 (Reuters) - German accounting watchdog
APAS has banned EY from taking on new audits for companies of
public interest for two years and has handed the firm a 500,000
euro ($541,650.00) fine, German business daily Handelsblatt
reported on Monday citing sources familiar with the matter.
APAS declined to comment on the matter.
($1 = 0.9231 euros)
(Writing by Rachel More, Editing by Friederike Heine)
((rachel.more@thomsonreuters.com;))
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