Construction giant Lendlease has slammed accounting firm KPMG over claims confidential client documents were misused, as a parliamentary hearing into the scandal is held on Friday.

As internal documents undermine the firm’s defence, it has initiated an urgent data purge and mandatory compliance training to restore client trust.

KPMG has defied an order to hand over documents on data misuse, arguing it could compromise staff facing an ASIC probe. Senator O’Neill blasted the move.

Professional services editor Edmund Tadros on the KPMG allegations and why they might be more damaging than the PwC scandal three years ago.

KPMG fined three senior partners, including Kim Lawry and Eileen Hoggett, for viewing confidential Lendlease files during a $32m Westpac audit pitch.

Construction giant Lendlease has slammed accounting firm KPMG over claims confidential client documents were misused, as a parliamentary hearing into the scandal is held on Friday.

The committee is probing allegations that KPMG misused confidential client information to win work, which have already led to several resignations.

The committee is probing allegations that KPMG misused confidential client information to win work, which have already led to several resignations.

The committee is probing allegations that KPMG misused confidential client information to win work, which have already led to several resignations.

The committee is probing allegations that KPMG misused confidential client information to win work, which have already led to several resignations.

KPMG is alleged to have misused confidential information from Lendlease Group to win contracts with other clients. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Lawmakers demanding information and changes in an industry beset by a series of scandals. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A “deeply discontented” Lendlease chairman John Gillam has accused long-standing auditor KPMG of breaching 68 years’ worth of trust in the audit scandal.

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