June 19, 2012
Grant Thornton LLP should face allegations in multidistrict litigation that it helped Refco Inc. defraud investors by encouraging them to deposit money with the brokerage after it became insolvent, according to a ruling in New York federal court Sunday.
June 04, 2010
A special master has recommended that most of the claims against Mayer Brown LLP and auditor Grant Thornton LLP be dismissed in the Refco Inc. bankruptcy trustee's case alleging the firms knew about the financial company’s massive fraud scheme, thwarting yet another attempt by the trustee to put Mayer Brown on the hook.