Lehman Brothers ousted a whistleblower just weeks after he raised red flags with Big 4 accounting firm Ernst & Young on a $50bn scam in 2008. The issue of the events leading up to the collapse of the bank have focused attention on high-fee auditors who engage in box ticking in compliance of requirements but shut their eyes to what be may be going on under the surface.
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