---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-036048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRTD"
cik: "0001357671"
company_name: "Creatd, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T00:38:40.547028+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Creatd dismisses auditor RRBB, engages Turner Stone; prior audit report had going concern doubt

## Summary
- Dismissed independent auditor RRBB effective April 27, 2023; no disagreements with management on accounting principles.
- RRBB's audit report for FY 2022 expressed substantial doubt about Creatd's ability to continue as a going concern.
- Engaged Turner, Stone & Company as new independent auditor effective May 1, 2023.
- No consultations with Turner Stone on accounting matters prior to engagement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-036048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRTD
- cik: 0001357671
- company_name: Creatd, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357671/000121390023036048/0001213900-23-036048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357671/000121390023036048/ea177944-8k_creatd.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Creatd, Inc. dismissed Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A. as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A.
  - Successor: Turner, Stone & Company, L.L.P.
  source text: On April 27, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Creatd, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Board, approved the dismissal of Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A. (“RRBB”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357671/000121390023036048/0001213900-23-036048-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Creatd, Inc. engaged Turner, Stone & Company, L.L.P. as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Turner, Stone & Company, L.L.P.
  source text: On May 1, 2023, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Board, approved the engagement of Turner, Stone & Company, L.L.P. (“Turner Stone”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357671/000121390023036048/0001213900-23-036048-index.htm

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