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I would guess that the accounting firm that did the audit will be going the way of Arthur Andersen after the Enron scandal. And how many of their clients also have "interesting" financials?

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> The FTX Group received audit opinions on consolidated financial statements for two of the Silos – the WRS Silo and the Dotcom Silo – for the period ended December 31, 2021. The audit firm for the WRS Silo, Armanino LLP, was a firm with which I am professionally familiar. The audit firm for the Dotcom Silo was Prager Metis, a firm with which I am not familiar and whose website indicates that they are the “first-ever CPA firm to officially open its Metaverse headquarters in the metaverse platform Decentraland.

https://pacer-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/33/188450/042020648...

>Armanino LLP,

Oh look, the same one that "audits" Kraken.

You're scaring me. I have some money on Kraken. Guess it's time to remove.

You have to be smoking some harsh shit to be letting any exchange hang out with your money longer than the minimum amount of time possible. It's only reason is to exchange worthless crypto for cash into your bank account.

>whose website indicates that they are the “first-ever CPA firm to officially open its Metaverse headquarters in the metaverse platform Decentraland.

The truth really is stranger than fiction.

Can't make this stuff up.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/11/meet-the-metave...

Wait... is this the same Prager-prefix as the PragerU folks?

My goodness this stupidity is a conglomerate industry if so.

What a bizarre conclusion-jump. More than one person in the world is named Prager, you know.

>“I don’t know anything about FTX,” said Jerry Eitel, the partner emeritus and chief metaverse officer at Prager Metis. “I’m retired,” Eitel added, before disconnecting on the phone. (Eitel is a one-time CoinDesk contributor.) The head of Prager Metis’ audit practice could not be reached for comment.

Wow Another Simpsons did it first moment (https://frinkiac.com/img/S07E15/318918.jpg)

Chief metaverse officer sounds like a position in the counsel of ricks.

Even weirder: https://www.discogs.com/artist/3845724-Prager-And-Fenton-LLP (one of the precursor firms to Prager Metis)

Maybe they can share a prison cell with Friehling & Horowitz.

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