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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-005350"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000854800"
company_name: "Tingo Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:52:53.743853+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tingo Group's auditor Deloitte Israel resigns after SEC complaint and DOJ indictment; 2022 financials no longer reliable

## Summary
- Deloitte Israel resigned as Tingo's independent auditor on January 16, 2024, effective immediately.
- Audit committee determined Dec 23, 2023 that 2022 financial statements should no longer be relied upon due to SEC complaint evidence.
- Deloitte Israel cited inability to rely on management's representations following SEC and DOJ actions against the company.
- No disagreements on accounting principles occurred, but the resignation stems from reportable events tied to the SEC complaint and unsealed DOJ indictment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-005350
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000854800
- company_name: Tingo Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/854800/000121390024005350/0001213900-24-005350-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/854800/000121390024005350/ea191926-8k_tingogroup.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-005350
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-005350.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-005350.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co. Certified Public Accountant, a firm in the Deloitte Global Network resigned as auditor of Tingo Group, Inc..
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co. Certified Public Accountant, a firm in the Deloitte Global Network
  source text: n Registrant’s Certifying Accountant On January 16, 2024, Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co. Certified Public Accountant, a firm in the Deloitte Global Network (“Deloitte Israel”) resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm of Tingo Group, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/854800/000121390024005350/0001213900-24-005350-index.htm

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