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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-029514"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001635136"
company_name: "DUO WORLD INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T06:17:32.357772+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duo World terminates auditor CNGSN after discovering lack of PCAOB registration; FY2023 audited statements not reliable.

## Summary
- Previous auditor CNGSN & Associates LLP was not registered with PCAOB despite stating so in July 6, 2023 audit opinion.
- CNGSN terminated; new PCAOB-registered auditor M.N. Vijay Kumar engaged effective August 17, 2023.
- Audited financial statements for fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (filed July 13, 2023) should no longer be relied upon.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-029514
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001635136
- company_name: DUO WORLD INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 4.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1635136/000149315223029514/0001493152-23-029514-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1635136/000149315223029514/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  DUO WORLD INC dismissed CNGSN & Associates LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: CNGSN & Associates LLP
  source text: Termination of CNGSN & Associates LLP As previously reported in our Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on August 16, 2023, on or about August 11,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1635136/000149315223029514/0001493152-23-029514-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  DUO WORLD INC engaged M.N. Vijay Kumar as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: M.N. Vijay Kumar
  source text: The Company has engaged M.N. Vijay Kumar, Chartered Accountant, Bangalore, India ("Kumar"), to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm responsible for auditing the Company’s financial statements.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1635136/000149315223029514/0001493152-23-029514-index.htm

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