He is the subject of a suit filed on May 7 by his predecessor at Vital Signs, contending accounting improprieties there.

Many analysts who follow Brocade have concluded that Mr. Reyes's hasty departure was clearly related to the accounting improprieties.

In November 2012 HP announced a $8.8 billion write off due to "serious accounting improprieties" committed by Autonomy management prior to the acquisition.

Corporate corruption cases involving accounting improprieties are particularly labor intensive.

In yesterday's filing, lawyers for the lead plaintiffs identified 14 current Delphi executives who had been involved in the accounting improprieties.

Ms. Watkins, who worked in Enron's finance division, began raising her concerns about potential accounting improprieties at Enron around the third week of August.

Numerous examples of the accounting improprieties and misrepresentations were allegedly identified.

The SEC said WorldCom's accounting improprieties were of "unprecedented magnitude".

The accounting improprieties were necessary, the filing said, because they helped conceal burgeoning problems related to Halliburton's exposure to asbestos claims.

Xerox's accounting troubles first became known last year when the company said it had uncovered serious accounting improprieties in its Mexican businesses.