Robert Smith

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Corporate Finance Editor at the Financial Times. Have a tip? Email: robert.smith@ft.com / robert.smith.ft@proton.me | Signal: robert_smith_ft.55

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Screenshot of BDO statement in FT story:

In a statement, a BDO spokesperson said the examiners did not interview BDO personnel or review their audit records as part of the investigation, and that the report “reaches inappropriate and factually inaccurate conclusions about our audit work based on hearsay from individuals involved in the fraud”.

It added that its audits were performed in line with professional audit standards.

Screenshot of FT story with headline “First Brands chose BDO for ‘less rigorous’ audit, witness says”

Text from FT story:

In a June 2016 exchange about the Citadel job, Epstein wrote “there is the off chance that Griffin might just be interested in a woman”. Ruemmler responded that she did not expect her gender to be a reason she should be hired, prompting Epstein to say he “meant romantically”.

“Oh, Jesus — meaning you are going to trade one of your Russians for my comp?!!” Ruemmler replied, using a common reference for compensation.