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EY flagged a failure to verify the sources of half the firm’s revenue.
The settlement acknowledges that contractors were not protected from the violent content they were required to moderate.
This could mean that EU regulators have no choice but to investigate unless further mediation stages prove successful.
The legal firm believes a special audit is necessary to investigate recent allegations of fraud.
Regulatory scrutiny is the latest issue to land on the struggling firm’s desk.
"Patent troll" Blackbird was taken to task over a weaponized patent.
The former general manager, Oliver Schmidt, has also been handed a hefty $400,000 fine.
Telecoms wanted to destroy the community, and it seems their aim has been achieved despite dubious enforcement practices.
Investors were hoodwinked into paying out around $20 million to a scam artist.
Anthony Levandowski has been fired after refusing to hand over allegedly stolen documents to the US courts.