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Kraft, execs hit with over $62 million in penalties over accounting scheme -SEC

September 3, 2021 by David Barret Leave a Comment

September 3, 2021

By Chris Prentice and Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Kraft Heinz Company and two former executives will pay penalties of more than $62 million to settle charges they falsified supplier contracts to achieve cost savings, the U.S. securities regulator said on Friday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleged that the consumer products giant engaged in an array of accounting misconduct from the last quarter of 2015 to the end of 2018 during which it improperly inflated key earnings for investors.

Kraft restated its financials in June 2019 after the launch of an SEC probe, correcting $208 million in improperly recognized cost savings from nearly 300 transactions, the regulator said in a statement.

Kraft, which did not admit or deny the SEC’s findings, did not respond immediately to a request for comment. The company agreed to pay a $62 million civil penalty and not commit future violations as part of its agreement with the SEC.

The company’s former chief operating officer Eduardo Pelleissone, who was accused of negligence-based anti-fraud and other controls violations, agreed to pay a penalty of $300,000 and another $14,000 in disgorgement.

Kraft’s former chief procurement officer Klaus Hofmann agreed to pay $100,000 and was barred from serving as a public company officer or director for five years in a settlement that is pending court approval.

Neither executive admitted or denied the SEC’s findings. Lawyers for both did not respond immediately to requests for comment.

(Reporting by Chris Prentice and Susan Heavey in Washington; editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

Source Link Kraft, execs hit with over $62 million in penalties over accounting scheme -SEC

David Barret
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