27 MAR 2025 / ACCOUNTING & TAXES

PwC Fined £2.9m by Regulator Over Audit Failures

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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the Big Four accounting firms, has been fined £2.9 million ($3.8M) by the UK's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) for a severely flawed audit of Wyelands Bank, which is owned by the scandal-embroiled steel tycoon, Sanjeev Gupta. The fine aims to highlight industry-wide issues in auditing practices and is part of a larger endeavour by regulators to increase accountability, strengthen oversight, and demand greater ethical standards across the finance sector.

Talk about dropping the ball. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the Big Four accounting titans, just got handed a fat £2.9 million fine (that’s $3.8M) by the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC). Why? A royally botched audit of Wyelands Bank, ye...

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