A Florida CPA has had his ability to audit publicly held companies stripped for three years by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The PCAOB barred 57-year old Michael Cronin from being associated from any accounting firm registered with that body for at least that period, with violation of procedure rules playing a major role in the action.

Larry J. Heath, a Cartersville, Ga.-area tax preparer, has agreed to a civil injunction that bars him from preparing federal tax returns for others. The injunction also applies to Heath's businesses, Heath & Hames Income Tax and Heath's Income Tax II. A case against his brother, Andrew Heath, is pending.