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US regulator probes ‘financial irregularities’ in gold acquisition firm backed by Desmond
African Gold Acquisition Corporation says it is cooperating with the SEC following the sacking of its chief financial officer
The Securities and Exchange Commission, the US financial markets regulator, has begun an inquiry into “financial irregularities” at a New York investment fund in which billionaire financier Dermot Desmond is a major shareholder.
African Gold Acquisition Corporation, which is looking to buy gold mines, sacked Cooper Morgenthau, its chief financial officer, on August 26 and told the New York Stock Exchange that it had uncovered a number of “improper withdrawals” from its operating bank accounts”.
