Published: November 6, 2025 at 3:21 pm
Accountancy firm BDO and two of its former partners have been fined £6 million by regulator the Financial Reporting Council for failing to prevent false audit evidence being admitted over several years.
John Everingham and Kevin Cook admitted misconduct after Amanda Nightingale, a senior manager based in Gatwick, was able to pursue, undetected, a dishonest course of conduct on numerous audits between 2015 and 2019.
This included creating false audit evidence, causing auditor’s reports to be issued without approval from the relevant audit engagement partner, and inserting electronic copies of the audit engagement partners’ signatures in auditor’s reports without their approval.