KPMG Netherlands Cheating Scandal Embroils Top Leaders, Staff

July 17, 2023, 7:29 PM UTC

The audit leader of KPMG’s Netherlands affiliate has stepped down from his post and other staffers will leave their jobs following an internal review into exam cheating—ethics violations that have plagued accounting firms around the globe.

KPMG staffers had received or shared answers to tests that were part of mandatory training, the firm said Friday, with more than 100 staffers engaged in that behavior each year for five straight years. The firm on Monday didn’t provide further details about either the cheating accusations.

“Every irregularity is one too many,” Stephanie Hottenhuis, CEO and chair of the affiliate, said in ...

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