SEC May 14, 2026
The proposed settlement was reached earlier this month to resolve SEC claims that Elon Musk missed the deadline to disclose that he’d accumulated more than 5% of Twitter’s stock.
SEC May 5, 2026
Elon Musk agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders in 2022 by failing to properly disclose his growing stake in the social media company.
Sales Tax January 20, 2026
SKIMS has agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty to New Jersey to settle allegations that it collected sales tax on tax-exempt clothing items sold to New Jersey customers.
Auditing June 13, 2025
The Utah-based firm and its founder/partner Kristofer Heaton were fined on June 12 for audit documentation, engagement quality review, and quality control failures involving five audits.
Auditing February 27, 2025
Natalie Murphy, a now former audit partner at Heaton & Co., was censured and fined $50,000 by the Public Company Accounting Standards Board for violating U.S. auditing rules and standards, including failing to cooperate with an inspection.
Auditing February 11, 2025
The audit regulator on Feb. 11 imposed a permanent bar and a $10,000 fine on audit partner and CPA Heber Maughan for improperly altering workpapers before providing them to PCAOB inspectors in two inspections and to enforcement staff during a related investigation.