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CaseNo: 34-44448, Defendant: Robert G. Kutsenda, CPA, Plaintiff: SEC, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-44448, Kutsenda, Commission, Practice, Misstatements, Audit, Financial Statements, Waste, Accounting, Report, Netting, Gain, Respondent, Waste Management, Administrative Proceedings, Engagement, Income, Consulting, Gaap, Disclosure, Expenses, Matter, Findings, Firm, Exchange, Instituting, Pursuant, Unqualified Audit Report, Review, Prior Period Misstatements , ContentID: 120243965

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1 2001-06-19 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
COMMISSION
PRACTICE
MISSTATEMENTS
AUDIT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
WASTE
ACCOUNTING
REPORT
NETTING
GAIN
RESPONDENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
PARTNER
ENGAGEMENT
INCOME
CONSULTING
GAAP
DISCLOSURE
EXPENSES
MATTER
FINDINGS
FIRM
EXCHANGE
INSTITUTING
PURSUANT
UNQUALIFIED AUDIT REPORT
REVIEW
PRIOR PERIOD MISSTATEMENTS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before The
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Release No. 44448 / June 19, 2001

   ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT
   Release No. 1409 / June 19, 2001

   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
   File No. 3-10517
     _________________________________________________________________

   In the Matter of

   ROBERT G. KUTSENDA, CPA,

     Respondent.
     _________________________________________________________________

   ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC
   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS,
   MAKING FINDINGS AND IMPOSING
   REMEDIAL SANCTIONS PURSUANT TO
   RULE 102(e) OF THE COMMISSION'S
   RULES OF PRACTICE

                                     I.

   The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it
   appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative
   proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted against Robert G. Kutsenda
   ("Kutsenda" or "Respondent") pursuant to Rule 102(e) of the
   Commission's Rules of Practice (17 C.F.R. § 201.102(e)(1)) ("Rule
   102(e)").

                                    II.

   In anticipation of the institution of these administrative
   proceedings, Respondent has submitted an Offer of Settlement
   ("Offer"), which the Commission has determined to accept. Solely for
   the purpose of these proceedings, and any other proceeding brought by
   or on behalf of the Commission or in which the Commission is a party,
   and without admitting or denying the Commission's findings contained
   herein, except for the jurisdiction of the Commission over him and
   over the subject matter of these proceedings, which Respondent admits,
   Respondent consents to the entry of the findings and the imposition of
SNIPPETS:
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT
  • ROBERT G. KUTSENDA, CPA,
  • ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS, MAKING FINDINGS AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL
  • RULES OF PRACTICE
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest that
  • Solely for the purpose of these proceedings, and any other proceeding brought by or on behalf c Administrative Proceedings, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions Pursuant to Rule
  • Kutsenda joined Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen" or the "Firm") in 1964 and has been a partner
  • Between 1992 and 1995, he was the Central Region Audit Practice Director responsible for
  • Waste Management, Inc.,, was a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in
  • Through its subsidiaries, Waste Management provided comprehensive solid and hazardous waste
  • This action arises out of Kutsenda's determination, in the context of a consultation on a
  • The engagement team consulted with Kutsenda in his capacity as Practice Director.
  • Kutsenda's conduct resulted in a violation of applicable professional standards because he
  • The undisclosed netting or offsetting distorted the Company's financial picture and caused
  • Kutsenda's conduct was highly unreasonable because he knew, or should have known, that the
  • During Andersen's audit of Waste Management's 1993 and 1994 financial statements, Kutsenda
  • In its 1995 financial statements, the Company used the gain to offset $160 million of, among
  • The Company made no disclosure of the netting in the notes to its financial statements or in
  • a preparer or reviewer, or a person responsible for the preparation or review, of any public
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