Chapter 413: An Unexpected Windfall?
And Pan Zhiyuan was a bit dumbfounded over here, damn, just now you were all "teacher" and whatnot, speaking so highly.
With a turn of the head, the trial has just begun, and you start backstabbing?
It's the other side that's suing, why did you make such a comment!
Although Pan Zhiyuan is not a lawyer, he's not stupid either. The meaning is already very clear, stating that Yongda Firm knew or should have known about the false statements.
But damn, we initially agreed that they would conduct a symbolic audit and then casually issue an "unqualified opinion" audit report.
Moreover, there was an agreement between the parties that if a fine was imposed, Xinda Company would make corresponding compensation.
That's why Pan Zhiyuan was anxious, because he never thought anyone would file a lawsuit!
And the agreement also didn't specify who would bear the compensation if sued, so he was so anxious, even personally came to Jingzhou to attend the trial.
On the Xinda side, even Lv Xiaowan didn't know about this agreement, because if this thing was discovered, the consequences... well, there's no need to think about it.
He Haoyu couldn't possibly tell the lawyer about this, at Xinda Company, only he, the Chief Financial Officer, and two other major shareholders knew about this.
It's normal for the Chief Financial Officer to know, because no matter what a company does, if it involves money, you can't hide it from the CFO.
So you usually see those economic unit crimes, and in the end, accompanying the boss inside, there's generally financial staff, so considerate.
If the CFO doesn't cooperate, even if it's the chairman of the company, it's basically impossible to do these things. You can fire the other party, that's your right, but you can't force the other party to do these things.
Why financial personnel released from Tlianqiao are so popular, on the one hand, they've improved their skills, on the other... They dare to take responsibility!
Other financial personnel are afraid to make certain transfers, they dare, others are afraid to sign, they dare, what boss wouldn't like that.
It's important to know, there might be perfect crimes in this world, but there's no such thing as a perfect set of false accounts.
The difference lies in whether it will be investigated, and whether it's worth spending a lot of time and money to investigate.
In the end, these things are all about economic calculations, it's basically like this.
Therefore, although the previous fines for Yongda Firm were ostensibly paid by them, in the end, Xinda Company compensated them through other methods.
This matter is something neither party can speak about, so now Pan Zhiyuan is just dumbfounded by this unexpected blow.
He couldn't help but say: "What do you mean by this, are you saying we knew the situation but pretended not to know? That's defamation, you know?"
To have failed to "diligently fulfill responsibilities" by not discovering false statements, and to "know the situation yet still issue an unqualified opinion audit report" are two completely different concepts!
The latter is already involving criminal matters!
It's a crime that ordinary people basically don't know, but accounting professionals generally do, called providing false proof documents crime.
The Criminal Law stipulates: the crime of providing false proof documents refers to personnel of intermediary organizations responsible for asset appraisal, verification, auditing, legal services, etc., who intentionally provide false proof documents, seriously violating the law.
According to relevant judicial interpretations, if the illegal gains amount to more than 100,000, it is considered serious.
So... there's no way I can take this blame!
As soon as Pan Zhiyuan said this, he saw Sun Jinhao and Lv Xiaowan beside him, and Tang Fangjing opposite him all looking at him.
What does this mean, could he have misspoken?
Sun Jinhao was dumbfounded, did I just miss it and you said it directly?
Someone dug a pit in front of you, and you just jumped right in?
Lv Xiaowan had just used a small lawyer's trick, very simple, she just mentioned that none of our situations are confidential, you can all investigate.
But she didn't say you definitely investigated these.
When lawyers speak, they must "split hairs," it's important to remember that.
The method is simple, but sometimes very useful, like in the case of Pan Zhiyuan, who had a guilty conscience and was familiar with accounting crimes, he was immediately provoked to speak out.
But just saying this is actually okay, it only indicates a possibility of the situation, and it's not enough to take action based on just one statement.
So Lv Xiaowan quickly turned her head back and continued sitting quietly.
However, Sun Jinhao quickly whispered: "Director Pan, don't speak..."
Tang Fangjing alone stared at Pan Zhiyuan for a while before retracting his gaze.
Unexpectedly, there's an unexpected gain here!
When the other party said that, they were definitely thinking about those aspects, so Tang Fangjing casually used Mind Reading...
All I can say is, many people these days really have guts.
No wonder it's said that many accountants end up inside, just look at this guts!
At least the legal personnel certainly don't have that kind of courage, when problems arise, legal personnel run away the quickest...
Although Tang Fangjing was still sitting in the courtroom, his mind had already floated over to the Detention Center, onto the Criminal Court next door.
How should I get the other party to expose this situation?
Old Zhang spoke: "Defendant, a warning, you must obtain permission to speak, got it?"
Pan Zhiyuan quickly nodded, even though he didn't understand what was happening, but that look from Tang Fangjing across the way was a bit too scary, as if his thoughts were completely seen through.