12) Yakov is an executive of Fit Corp., a chain of fitness clubs. For years, he successfully illegal and misleading accounting practices, but eventually, he was exposed and punished with a jail sentence under the A) Celler-Kefauver B) Glass-Steagall C) Dodd-Frank D) Gramm-Leach-Bliley E) Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

12) Yakov is an executive of Fit Corp., a chain of fitness clubs. For years, he successfully illegal and misleading accounting practices, but eventually, he was exposed and punished with a jail sentence under the A) Celler-Kefauver B) Glass-Steagall C) Dodd-Frank D) Gramm-Leach-Bliley E) Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Contemporary Auditing

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ISBN:9781337650380

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Publisher:KNAPP

Chapter1: Comprehensive Cases

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