AICPA Disciplinary Actions

We work to ensure that the public remains confident in the integrity, objectivity, competence and professionalism of CPAs. To support this effort, the AICPA Professional Ethics Division posts the recent outcomes of case investigations that resulted in disciplinary actions against members of the AICPA. Click a year to see publications during that period.

Disciplinary Publications by Year

2026

May

Alfalla, Damien of Pelham, NY

Han, Yoon Sung of Irvine, CA

Moosavi, Baquer of Glendale Heights, IL

Ortiz, Samuel of Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Smith, Charles D. of Orange, CT

Wolf, Michael R. of King of Prussia, PA

April

Gillette, Robert G. of Columbus, OH

Viggiano, Anthony C. of Baldwin, NY

March

Crofoot, Jennifer A. of Spokane, WA

February

Berson, Aaron M. of Stroudsburg, PA

Desmond, Dennis of Norfolk, IA

Godels, Charles P. of St. Petersburg, FL

Josephson, Marc of New York, NY

Logan, Barry S. of Coral Gables, FL

Strausser, Albert E. of Roswell, GA

Villanueva, Jr., Richard of Missouri City, TX

January

Pontarelli, Anthony M. of Newton, PA

2025

Delino, Jody C. of Manor, TX

Oehlke, Brandon J. of Sequin, TX

Bravo-Carrillo, Maria of Lake Mary, FL

Crace Jason L. of Indianapolis, IN

Gentile, David of Mineola, NY

Ishigami, Hiroshi of Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Leach, Kelley P. of Beaufort, NC

Lewis, Herbert E. of Peachtree Corners, GA

Olagbemi, Oladapo A. of San Diego, CA

Oltrogge, Keith D. of Denver, IA

Pimentel-Montez, Michelle A. of Modesto, CA

Trifilo, Timothy J. of Washington, DC

Urness, Daniel L. of Mesa, AZ

Westbrook, Jason A. of Montgomery, AL

Wright, Greg S. of Lebanon, OH

Benkoil, James H. of Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ

Brittain, Rita of Conover, NC

Butler, Velma of Chicago, IL

Paz, Jr., George of San Antonio, TX

Rudd, Brad of Mesa, AZ

Westerman, James R. of League City, TX

Agee, Corey of Atlanta, GA

Agee, Stein of Canton, GA

Heaton, Kristofer G. of Farmington, UT

Ocampo, Ronaldo of Stevenson Ranch, CA

Sannossian, George O. of Scarsdale, NY

Adducci, James S. of Palos Park, IL

Bonn, Frank W. of Bedford, TX

Deminno, James of New City, NY

Haubert, J. Michale of Tucson, AZ

Johnson, Christopher A. of San Antonio, TX

Krant, Howard S. of Monmouth Beach, NJ

McCarthy, Bill P. of Las Vegas, NV

McCue, James F. of Manalapan, NJ

Mehlenbacher, Rachel L. of Dunedin, FL

Pai, Yu-Ching of New York, NY

Potter, Daniel R. of Houston, TX

Price, Jeffrey J. of Pinehurst, NC

Bartow, Thomas V. of Antioch, CA

Gazonas, James Davis of Westchester, PA

Jones, Lawrence of New Orleans, LA

Leyden, Brian of Latham, NY

Maughan, Heber Clark of Manchester, VT

Meissner, Dylan of Westport, CT

Uhlman, Brian of New York, NY

Barber, John D. of Westlake, OH

Schaefer, George F. of Independence, OH

Hiestand, Christopher L. of San Antonio, FL

Walker, Jonald J. of New Orleans, LA

Marrone, Philip S. of Naperville, IL

Thompson, Scott A. of Dallas, GA

Errico, Thomas G. of Highland Park, IL

Fischer, William L. of New York, NY

Hadzipanajotis, Michael of Belmont, MA

Musaji, Yusufali of Short Hills, NJ

Simons, Kenneth M. of Dallas, GA

Abbott, Jr., Joe B. of Birmingham, AL

Dauberman, Mark E. of Maricopa, AZ

Iheke, Chukwu Lewechi of Round Rock, TX

Lamb, Gregory of Grapevine, TX

Patterson II, John D. of Washington, DC

Plum, Laura A. of Sarasota, FL

Polansky, Josephine A. of West, TX

Smith, Victor C. of Roswell, GA

White, Melinda L. of Canton, OH

Williams, Ericka J. of Houston, TX

2024

Pontarelli, Anthony M. of Newtown, PA

Heilemann, Carlos of Coral Gables, FL

Gordon, Harvey S. of New York, NY

Ever, Judah H. of Fort Lauderdale, FL

Dotzler, Darlene J. of Anchorage, AK

Higgins, Jr., Marion E. of Birmingham, AL

Kellogg, Monica of Frontenac, KS

Liggins, Christopher of Memphis, TN

McClellan, James K. of Kitty Hawk, NC

Ring, Mark S. of Venice, FL

Simpson, John C. of Swansea, IL

Crivello, Teresa S. of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Garick, Robert H. of Boynton Beach, FL

Skowron, Joseph M. of Granite Bay, CA

Luo, Weixuan Tracy of Parkland, FL

Hope, Kenny of Brookhaven, PA

Grantham, Darin of Florence, MS

Hasbach, Nancy L. of San Dimas, CA

Joshi, Arpita of New York, NY

Strickling, Edwin P. of Lebanon, OH

Rodriguez, Rafael E. of Miami, FL

Barkus, Emily of Scarsdale, NY

Archer, Michael O. of Lynbrook, NY

Adams, Ciro of Wilmington, DE

Pizarro Llanos, Juan A. of Doral, FL

Gallo, Frank A. of Jericho, NY

Skillicorn, Marsha L. of Scottsdale, AZ

Quintana, Rebecca of Indianapolis, IN

Parsons, Robert L. of Highlands Ranch, CO

Messina, Michael D. of Dix Hills, NY

Jensen, Cyndi of Kingston, IL

Gunn, Jr., Marshall D. of Jacksonville, FL

Fahrnow, Douglas of Indianapolis, IN

Dieguez, Manuel of Miami, FL

Brooks, David D. of Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Tafaro, Sean P. of Denver, CO

Gerold, Sean M. of St. Petersburg, FL

Brown, Erica L. of Throop, PA

Bowman, John N. of St. Petersburg, FL

Balster, Jerry F. of Lakeville, MN

Bryant, Suzanne of Oceanside, CA

Hibbard, Chris A. of Colleyville, TX

Johnson, Robert A. of Huntington, NY

Holman, Tyson of Castle Rock, CO

Jordan, William C. of Northfield, IL

McGriff, Bill W. of Pisgah, AL

Walton, Terrence J. of Palm Springs, CA

Anderson, Jr., Ralph J. of Monmouth Beach, NJ

Avis, Steven C. of Ogden, UT

Bradford, Lance of Henderson, NV

Cooper, Jr., Willie of Fayetteville, NC

Dobridge, William A. of Las Vegas, NV

Harris, Andrew K. of Farmville, NC

Ramachandran, Parameswara of Hamilton, NJ

Deans, Glenn N. of Lynbrook, NY

Fisher, Jack E. of Atlanta, GA

2023

White Sr., William of Roanoke, VA

Lenz, Randall A. of Pompano Beach, FL

Jensen, Brian C. of Hope, ID

Isogawa, Hirohisa J. of Santa Ana, CA

Guilliams, Roger L. of Vienna, VA

Turner, Edward of Dallas, TX

Schwartz, Carl S. of Parsippany, NJ

Saenz, Raul M. of Virginia Gardens, FL

Nguyen, Anna L. of Houston, TX

Lawanson, Michael A. of Houston, TX

Eugenio, Maria C. of Grand Prairie, TX

Boyle, Robert A. of Bayville, NJ

Wong, Eddie of New York, NY

Smith, Bradd S. of Sylvania, OH

Lifshitz, Scott J. of Matawan, NJ

Dreslin, David G. of Belleair Bluffs, FL

Bell, Gregory A. of Galloway, OH

Rojas, Carl A. of New York, NY

Neff, Dan A. of Albany, TX

Graham, Jeffrey A. of Laconia, NH

Harris, Andrew K. of Farmville, NC

Schnell, Kimberly J. of Tucson, AZ

Moore, Robert M. of Hazleton, PA

Tang, Jason J. of New York, NY

Knauss, Walter of Thousand Oaks, CA

Griffin, James F. of Raleigh, NC

Garcia Weising, Amanda of Bedford, TX

Baldwin, Katherine of Amarillo, TX

Bader, William of Katy, TX

Vellocido, Randal G. of Madison, AL

Worrell, Michael B. of Birmingham, AL

Turk, Bernard of Tarzana, CA

Sanders, Charles S. of Auburn, AL

Rhodes, James D. of Mobile, AL

O’Bannon, Karen C. of Brownsboro, AL

Gould, Kenneth L. of Cambria, CA

Cipriani, John M. J. of Sewell, NJ

Billings, Wayne of Raleigh, NC

Rios, Jr., Alfredo of Homestead, FL

Ginsberg, Steven A. of Huntington Valley, PA

Gibson, Daniel M. of Marlboro, NJ

Abdelhalim, Ahmed of Sunnyside, NY

Lewis, Jeffrey G. of Fairmont, NC

Yowell, Larry M. of Plano, TX

Woodward, Scott A. of Dallas, TX

Walton, Terrence J. of Palm Springs, CA

Santee, Khristy of Addison, TX

Rivera Melecio, Juan A. of Dorado, PR

Moore, Diana S. of Spring, TX

Minter, Cynthia L. of Bumpass, VA

Kirn, Steven F. of Shelton, CT

Hayden, Richard E. of Baton Rouge, LA

Lowrance, David E. of Chattanooga, TN

Lapensohn, Howard C. of Philadelphia, PA

2022

Taylor, Jonathan B. of New York, NY

Kelly, Mark C. of Prosper, TX

Taylor, Jeremy B. of Cincinnati, OH

Sadatnejad, Seid of Woodland Hills, CA

Newsome, Darrell N. of Lexington, SC

Wyss, Stephen M. of New York, NY

Rives II, Leon L. of Lexington, NC

Garner, Carl S. of Atlanta, GA

Avis, Steven C. of Salt Lake City, UT

Corn, Pamela Leming of Austin, TX

Talley, Jimmy L. of Frisco, TX

De Suza, Dujon J. of Oakland Park, FL

Stiehl, William G. of Charlotte, NC

Morhaus, Michael D. of St. Louis, MO

Edwards, Donald M. of Phoenix, AZ

Comeau-Shirley, Andrea R. of Mableton, GA

Knauth, Christopher E. of Plano, TX

Tomisato, Yukon M. of Scottsdale, AZ

Friel, Daniel F. of Waltham, MA

Pommer, Michael J. of Wakefield, NE

Feldman, Earl N. of Del Mar, CA

Driftmier, Donald A. of Ontario, CA

Buchholz, Robert A. of Wyoming, MI

McCallister, Joetta C. of Alum Creek, WV

Engel, Alison K. of Vienna, VA

Cook, Frederick A. of Plano, TX

Sumner, Elizabeth R. of North Port, AL

Root, Jr., Carl F. of Brevard, NC

Baggett, Jr., David C. of Houston, TX

Vordokas, Tracy D. of Houston, TX

2021

Orr, Jeffrey of Irvine, CA

Brennan, Jr., Martin M. of Huntersville, NC

Mullen, Thomas W. of Hauppauge, NY

Wells, Denise Y. of San Antonio, TX

Watkins II, James W. of Surfside, SC

Stages, Mary Sue of Clinton, LA

LeCompte, Craig A. of Rio Rancho, NM

Kunkel, John M. of Monroe, NC

Kim, Stephan Jinwoo of Los Angeles, CA

Hales, Lucas R. of Austin, TX

Edman, Paul R. of Rock Springs, WY

Alvarez, Domingo A. of Miami, FL

Chung, Mun Leung of Hong Kong

Silva, Brent A. of Mandeville, LA

Carey, Darrell of Wadsworth, OH

Yedin, Alan M. of Merrick, NY

Schneider, Michael of Arlington Heights, IL

Silver, Martin of Long Branch, NJ

Gilroy, Jr., Vincent J. of Utica, NY

Stiver, John A. of Pittsburgh, PA

Will, Douglas C. of Napa, CA

Whittle, III, Thomas of Gladstone, NJ

Sledge, Garrian of Fairburn, GA

Pulley, H. Lee of Germantown, TN

Munger, Ann B. of Fort Worth, TX

Maniuszko, Keith of Scottsdale, AZ

Green, April J. of Coral Springs, FL

Bury, Magdolna of Farmington Hills, MI

Britt, David C. of Rodanthe, NC

Bounds Jr., Wilson R. of Taneytown, MD

Aman, Stephen A. of Allen, TX

Leicht, William D. of Youngstown, OH

Magee, Jr., Peter of Reno, NV

Gaffey, Richard J. of Marlborough, MA

Jones, Gayland R. of Salt Lake City, UT

Mullins, Rick D. of Woolwich, ME

2020

Molony, John W. of Charleston, SC

Ahmed, Rizwan of New Hyde Park, NY

Foust, Chris A. of Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Horkey, Jr. Frank J. of Plantation, FL

Albert, Lester S. of Hackensack, NJ

Becker, Stuart of New York, NY

Nicholson, Jr., Carl L. of Hattiesburg, MS

Loehrlein, Clinton of Evansville, IN

Howard, Steven R. of Wichita, KS

Fraser, Karen J. of Gloucester, MA

Aisenberg, William M. of Carrollton, TX

Perez III, Frank of Tampa, FL

Josephson, Harvey A. of New York, NY

Rife, Dale of Statesville, NC

Nardozzi, John H. of Readville, MA

Ledford, Jay B. of Amarillo, TX

Henning, Steven L. of Stamford, CT

Crowley, Wesley F. of San Antonio, TX

Bowman II, James P. of Chandler, AZ

White, Arthur D. of Tarkio, MO

Wada, Jeffrey M. of Tustin, CA

Ramanan, Subra Easwara of Milpitas, CA

Manalang, Jr., Benny T. of Vallejo, CA

Malana, Pablo T. of Artesia, CA

Laporta, Cynthia of Washington, DC

Karmann, Robert A. of Clayton, CA

Hurwitz, Benjamin A. of Lincolnshire, IL

Robinson, Tommy J. of Washington, NC

Seibert, Kenneth R. of Lebanon, PA

Middendorf, David J. of Marietta, GA

Sprankle, Brandon A. of McLean, VA

2019

Zaidman, Dov of Plainview, NY

Feldman, Barry of Huntington, NY

Busk, Debra A. of Montgomery Village, MD

Simpson, Pamela J. of Decatur, IL

Frank, David T. of Winchester, CA

Puissegur, Frank D. of Lakeland, FL

Chalmers, Monroe J. of St. James, NY

Courtney, John H. of Castro Valley, CA

Anand, Tejinder S. of New York, NY

Delgado, Samuel N. of Tempe, AZ

Ushijima, Gregory of Honolulu, HI

Armao, Salvatore J. of Garden City, NY

Avent, Jr., Thomas Webb of Oxford, MS

Greene, Wanda Skillington of Arden, NC

Gross, Jeffrey T. of Mount Prospect, IL

Marshall, Michael J. of Steubenville, OH

Webber, Zane P. of Lutz, FL

Klein, Mitchell of Nanuet, NY

Huston-Vadnais, Lori of Benson, MN

Berger, Marc H. of Walnut Creek, CA

Kabani, Hamid of Los Angeles, CA

Nitchman, Wesley Eugene of Glendale, CA

Jensen, Kent L. of Minneapolis, MN

Maikels, Allen F. of Albany, NY

Lancaster, Johnny of Winston Salem, NC

Alban, Ronald H. of Anchorage, AK

Eckstein, Matthew E. of Syosset, NY

Casey, Thomas Patrick of Woodside, NY

Nunez, Alfonso T. of San Rafael, CA

Lichter, Lawrence P. of Woodland Hills, CA

Bernstein, Michael of New York, NY

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