# Ernst & Young

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2025-02-01**: Financial Certification — New auditor certifies FY 2024 results but highlights ongoing internal control weaknesses.
- **2024-10-01**: EY Resignation — Auditor Ernst & Young resigns, stating they can no longer rely on management's representations.
- **2024-08-01**: Hindenburg Report — Short-seller Hindenburg Research alleges accounting manipulation and sanctions evasion.
- **2024-03-01**: S&P 500 Inclusion — Following a 2,000% stock rally, SMCI is added to the S&P 500 index.
- **2020-01-01**: SEC Settlement — SMCI settles with the SEC over charges of overstating revenue and understating expenses.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### S&P 500 Governance Crisis: The Super Micro Accounting Contagion
2026-03-21 00:28:45 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 3

Super Micro Computer's inclusion in the S&P 500 has exposed millions of passive investors to significant risk following repeated accounting scandals and auditor resignations. Despite a history of SEC settlements and internal control failures, the server maker remains a volatile fixture in the index, raising questions about selection criteria for AI-driven growth stocks.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/super-micro-sp500-governance-crisis

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