UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Release No. 42828/ May 25, 2000
ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT
Release No. 1261/ May 25, 2000
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
File No. 3-10210/ May 25, 2000
Proceedings Instituted Against R. Gordon Jones and Mark F. Jensen
The Commission has instituted public administrative proceedings
pursuant to Rule 102(e) of the Commission's Rules of Practice against
R. Gordon Jones and Mark F. Jensen, two CPAs in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jones and Jensen are charged with having engaged in improper
professional conduct by recklessly violating professional accounting
and auditing standards in their audit of the 1995 financial statements
of a now-defunct Utah corporation, Dynamic American Corporation.
Jones, the engagement partner, was primarily responsible for the audit
field work. Jensen performed the concurring partner review on the
audit.
The Commission previously instituted public administrative proceedings
against Dynamic and six individuals based on a 1996 "pump and dump"
scheme by which about $4 million in Dynamic stock was sold to the
public. See, In the Matter of Jethro J. Barlow, CPA, et al., Exchange
Act Rel. No. 41689 (August 2, 1999; In the Matter of Dynamic American
Corporation, Exchange Act Rel. No. 41688 (August 2, 1999).
In the order, the Division of Enforcement alleges that Dynamic's
financial statements, included in the company's amended annual report
on Form 10-K/A filed in November 1996, were not prepared in conformity
with GAAP. Specifically, the staff contends that Dynamic's balance
sheet improperly listed as an asset certain Bolivian mining properties
that were materially overvalued at $36,600,000, or 91% of Dynamic's
total consolidated assets. Furthermore, in performing their audit of
Dynamic's 1995 financial statements, Jones and Jensen also did not act
in accordance with GAAS in that they failed to adequately plan the
audit; failed to obtain sufficient competent evidential matter; failed
to maintain an attitude of professional skepticism; failed to exercise
due professional care in the performance of the audit; failed to issue
a proper audit report with respect to the work performed by other
auditors; and by using a lower-of-cost-or-market analysis, did not
test the balance sheet presentation of certain "ore concentrates"
valued at approximately $4.3 million.
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The Commission has instituted public administrative proceedings pursuant to Rule 102of the
Jones and Jensen are charged with having engaged in improper professional conduct by
Jones, the engagement partner, was primarily responsible for the audit field work.
The Commission previously instituted public administrative proceedings against Dynamic and
See, In the Matter of Jethro J. Barlow, CPA, et al., Exchange Act Rel.
In the Matter of Dynamic American Corporation, Exchange Act Rel.
In the order, the Division of Enforcement alleges that Dynamic's financial statements,
Specifically, the staff contends that Dynamic's balance sheet improperly listed as an asset
Furthermore, in performing their audit of Dynamic's 1995 financial statements, Jones and
cost-or-market analysis, did not test the balance sheet presentation of certain "ore concentrates"
A hearing will be held before an administrative law judge to determine whether the staff's
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