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US SEC charges audit firm employee over quality control issues

The SEC said Alfonse Gregory Giugliano, a certified public accountant and former National Assurance Services Leader at Marcum, failed to sufficiently address and remediate deficiencies in the firm’s quality control system. He agreed to a censure and a civil penalty of $75,000, the SEC said.

A lawyer for Giugliano, who did not admit or deny the SEC’s findings, did not respond immediately to requests for comment.

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