Printer Friendly
The Free Library
14,681,035 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Intelli-Check Replaces Arthur Andersen as Company's Independent Auditor; Shareholders Will Vote on Selection of New Accounting Firm at Annual Meeting in July.


Business Editors

WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2002

INTELLI-CHECK, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic.

Antonym: dec.
. (AMEX AMEX

See: American Stock Exchange
:IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) A .com or .net domain name that is represented in non-English characters and symbols, with .com and .net appended at the end in English letters. ), a developer of advanced document verification systems, today announced that it has replaced Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see .
Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing
 LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol  as the Company's independent auditor Independent Auditor

An external auditor with a certified public accounting designation that qualifies him or her to provide an auditor's report.

Notes:
These auditors aren't affiliated with the company being audited.
 and engaged the services of Grant Thornton LLP This article or section is written like an .
Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view.
Mark blatant advertising for , using .
 as its replacement.

Intelli-Check said that there were no disagreements between the Company and Arthur Andersen on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing procedures during its tenure as independent auditor.

"The change in independent auditors came as a result of our annual corporate review, which determined that Grant Thornton is more suited to meet the Company's needs," stated Frank Mandelbaum, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Intelli-Check. "The matter has been approved by the Board of Directors and shareholders will vote on the selection of the new accounting firm at the Company's annual meeting in July."

Intelli-Check, Inc. (www.intellicheck.com) is a developer and marketer of an advanced state-of-the-art document verification system for authenticating the validity of driver licenses and ID cards used as proof of identity. Intelli-Check's multi-purpose ID-CHECK(R) units are fully capable of increasing security and as a tool that can be used to deter terrorism at military installations, high profile buildings, airports and other sites and are also an effective tool against "identity theft," which often is supported by fake IDs and is the fastest growing crime in the U.S. ID-CHECK(R) units enable a user to prevent economic loss from check-cashing, credit card and various other frauds utilizing fake IDs and the ID-CHECK and IDentiScan units have the ability to determine whether purchasers of age-restricted products such as alcohol and tobacco meet minimum age requirements for their sale. ID-CHECK(R), with its patented technology, analyzes and displays information encoded in magnetic stripes and barcodes found on driver licenses, military identification and other forms of state and government-issued identification from more than 50 jurisdictions.

Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995, as amended. The replacement of Arthur Andersen LLP as Intelli-Check's independent auditor does not constitute a change of the Company's accounting policies. Additional information concerning forward looking statements is contained under the heading of risk factors listed from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information.
COPYRIGHT 2002 Business Wire
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2002, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Comment:Intelli-Check Replaces Arthur Andersen as Company's Independent Auditor; Shareholders Will Vote on Selection of New Accounting Firm at Annual Meeting in July.
Publication:Business Wire
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 13, 2002
Words:402
Previous Article:McGovern Institute's DiCarlo Named 2002 Pew Scholar; One of 'most promising' biomedical researchers in U.S.
Next Article:L-3 Communications' EER Systems, Inc. Awarded Task Order Supporting the Air Force's David Grant Medical Center.
Topics:



Related Articles
COMPETING FOR EMERGING CORPORATE CLIENTS: A STUDY OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR CONCENTRATION.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN CLIENTS RECONSIDER.(Business)
In Enron's wake calls for reforms: Forensic accountants and critics of the accounting status quo say that changes must be made -- and not just by...
CALAMP HIRES NEW AUDITOR FIRM CITES ANDERSEN 'DIFFICULTIES'.(Business)
Groups rethinking deals with Arthur Andersen: But, some will follow their audit team to a new accounting firm.(Brief Article)
BRIEFCASE ARTHUR ANDERSEN SACKED BY EDISON.(Business)
Setting a new route for corporate governance. (Cover Story).(Statistical Data Included)(Cover Story)
Wells Real Estate Funds hires Ernst & Young LLP.(Brief Article)
Professionals shaken amid radical industry shift. (Trading Places--Accounting After Andersen).(Brief Article)
Who guards the guards? It's a lot easier to lose trust than it is to regain it, but some new rules aim to help corporations climb back to a higher...

Terms of use | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles