EY sacks staff for allegedly accessing Australian Prime Minister’s bank account
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ASIA IN BRIEF The Down Under outpost of consultancy EY has fired two staff after they allegedly accessed details about bank accounts held by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Local media report that the pair were employees of the artist formerly known as Ernst and Young, which used them to work on a contract for Australia’s Commonwealth Bank where they allegedly accessed details of the PM’s bank account.
The Bank isn’t commenting on the matter, so isn’t saying how a pair of contractors were able to access such sensitive information.
The incident means all four members of the so-called Big Four consultancies are in the doghouse down under. KPMG Australia’s chair recently left the organization after a whistleblower revealed it inappropriately used a client’s confidential data and Deloitte last year repaid consultancy fees after...
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