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EY: enforcement actions on record

DateFirmRegulatorAudited entitySanctionAmount
28 July 2026Ernst & Young LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilMade.com Group plc (FY2021 audit)Fine£1,197,000, adjusted from £1,800,000
19 November 2025Ernst & Young LLP (Kenya)Capital Markets Authority of KenyaUchumi Supermarkets Limited (2014 rights issue, reporting accountant)FineKES 10,000,000
25 June 2025EY Accountants B.V.Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)None (firm conduct, training test answer sharing)Fine$2.5 million civil money penalty
10 April 2025Ernst & Young LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilThomas Cook Group plc (FY2017 and FY2018 audits)Fine£6,500,000
7 May 2024Ernst & Young LLPFinancial Reporting CouncilLondon Capital & Finance plc (year to 30 April 2017 audit)Fine£7,000,000
31 March 2023EY (German member firm)Abschlussprüferaufsichtsstelle (APAS, Auditor Oversight Body) at BAFAWirecard AG and Wirecard Bank AG (2016 to 2018 audits)Fine€500,000
28 June 2022Ernst & Young LLPU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionNone (firm conduct, ethics exam cheating)Fine$100 million
8 October 2018Ernst & Young Accountants LLPDutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)Four statutory audit clients, unnamed by the AFMFine€165,000
9 February 2017KAP Purwantono, Suherman & SurjaPublic Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)An Indonesian telecommunications company, unnamed by the PCAOB (2011 audit)Fine$1 million civil penalty
22 December 2015Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLCFinancial Services Agency of JapanToshiba Corporation (FY2009, FY2011 and FY2012)SuspensionThree month ban on accepting new engagements