PwC pays $5 million fine after SEC auditor independence crackdown

July 19, 2002

The US securities watchdog has reached a $5 million settlement enforcement action against PricewaterhouseCoopers and its broker-dealer affiliate, PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities, for breaking auditor independence rules

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