SEC suspends Chinese units of 'Big Four' accountants over audit secrecy

``A US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) judge has suspended the Chinese units of the so-called 'Big Four' accounting firms including Deloitte and KPMG for refusing to release audit information on China-based firms listed in the US. SEC Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliot suspended the Chinese subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touche, Ernst and Young, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, saying they united had "willfully violated" US laws.''