September 24, 2019

The SEC has simultaneously charged and settled with a global information and media analytics firm, Comscore, Inc., and its former CEO, Serge Matta, for $5 million and $700,000, respectively.  Comscore had been accused of manipulating the accounting of non-monetary transactions in order to present the illusion of smooth and steady growth to investors.  Matta also agreed to reimburse Comscore $2.1 million representing profits from the sale of Comscore stock and incentive-based compensation pursuant to Section 304(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and to the entry of an order barring him from serving as an officer or director of a public company for 10 years.  SEC

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