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Accountant Fined Rs 1 Crore After Sending Offensive Emails to Ex-Boss
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News18•19-10-2026, 14:00
Accountant Fined Rs 1 Crore After Sending Offensive Emails to Ex-Boss
- •Edward Franklin was ordered to pay approximately Rs 1 crore by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
- •The penalty follows a series of offensive and insulting emails sent to his former employer and the employer's wife in 2022.
- •The dispute originated from a bitter fallout after Franklin's employment was terminated and a payment error occurred involving a client.
- •Franklin later admitted that his remarks were completely unacceptable, offensive, hurtful and vindictive.
- •The tribunal described his behavior as childish, petulant, unprofessional, and rude, ruling that it brought the profession into disrepute.
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Edward Franklin was ordered to pay a penalty of £78,600 by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales after sending offensive and insulting emails to his former boss and the boss's wife.
The dispute began after Franklin's employment was terminated in 2022 when his former company stopped trading, and it escalated in June 2022 when a client accidentally transferred a payment to the old company instead of his new firm.
The tribunal described Franklin's emails as childish, petulant, unprofessional, and rude, ruling that his unprovoked attack brought the accountancy profession into disrepute and fell significantly short of expected professional standards.
