Former Chief Risk Officer At Deloitte Charged By SEC

Mark Melin

Published onMay 21, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

The former chief risk officer for Deloitte & Touche pushed the limits of his risk management in a casino that was an accounting client and has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission and suspended for at least two years.

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Taking markers from casino client impaired auditor’s objectivity

The SEC charged that James Adams accepted payments that impaired the auditor’s objectivity and impartiality, according to the complaint. The SEC accuses Adams with “repeatedly accepted tens of thousands of dollars in casino markers while he was the advisory partner on subsidiary Deloitte & Touche’s...

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

Former Chief Risk Officer At Deloitte Charged By SEC

Taking markers from casino client impaired auditor’s objectivity

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