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Ex-KPMG junior escapes fine in Carillion document forging case as senior auditors banned from practice

Ex-KPMG accountants fined and banned for role in Carillion cover-up

By James Booth
KPMG and several of its former staff have been sanctioned for misleading inspectors probing the firm's audit of Carillion
KPMG and several of its former staff have been sanctioned for misleading inspectors probing the firm's audit of Carillion Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

An ex-junior accountant at KPMG has escaped a major fine and ban for his role in a plot to mislead inspectors looking into the firm’s Carillion audit in 2018.

Pratik Paw was facing a four-year exclusion from the profession and a £50,000 fine for his part in the cover up.

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