One would have thought after all the stories of malfeasance by Accountants that have been in the press

One would have thought after all the stories of malfeasance by Accountants that have been in the press (Enron, Baptist Convention, etc...ad nauseam) that the organizations that oversee their licensing would be a little more proactive when it came to complaints. Well obviously not here in Arizona.

1. Her high-school aged daughter took a blank signed check (signed by the accountant) of the House Corp and made it out to a name on a drivers license that she had stolen and tried to cash it at the check cashing place. There was not enough money to cover the check or they would have cashed it for her. If she had tried two days later there would have been funds available. The daughter was arrested when we pressed charges and the accountant has been hiding the daughter out of state in both Mexico and Utah and has missed repeated court dates. Last I heard the Country is considering seeking an arrest warrant.

2. The Accountant got repeated notices for years from the IRS concerning at least five years of unfilled tax returns. She ignored those notices and did not notify us that there was a problem. It was only during our efforts last year to secure financing to purchase the house that we discovered her failure to notify us and to prepare and file the taxes (she had power of attorney on these matters and was the signer on the checking account).

Last year, around June or July, we filed a complaint with the State Board of Accountancy on these matters and an investigation was started. As I understand what happened there was a change in the board last year and this complaint got "forgotten". Because I had it on my calender to follow-up every few months I kept contacting them to obtain a status. Well this morning I called down to find out what the status was since I had been told that the committee on these issues was meeting on 6/30. The answer - to close the file. No letter of reprimand, no penalty whatsoever.