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SEC forms new team to police accounting issues

The SEC is forming a new ‌enforcement unit for accounting matters while cutting staff at the PCAOB, moves which Reuters says suggest the SEC is seeking to absorb some functions normally assigned ​to the PCAOB, a nonprofit which has fallen into disfavor in Republican-controlled Washington. The ⁠SEC has posted jobs online for a new "SOX" group, which will "investigate and litigate matters involving potential violations of auditing and related professional standards and provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other relevant federal securities laws." An SEC spokesperson said that auditors were "critical gatekeepers" for maintaining the integrity of financial markets and ​helping prevent ⁠fraud. "Additional hires in the enforcement division will continue the commission's longstanding efforts to crack down on bad actors in the profession," the spokesperson said.

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