---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001829126-24-003177"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RDCT"
cik: "0001376804"
company_name: "VNUE, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T09:12:11.889955+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VNUE dismisses auditor BF Borgers after SEC permanent ban; engages Bush & Associates

## Summary
- SEC settled charges against BF Borgers for audit failures; Borgers permanently banned from appearing before SEC.
- VNUE dismissed Borgers as its independent accountant because it is no longer authorized to audit.
- New auditor Bush & Associates CPA engaged for FY 2024, effective May 8, 2024.
- Company states no current basis for non-reliance on prior financials but continues assessment.
- Borgers' prior opinions included a going concern qualification; no other modifications.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001829126-24-003177
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RDCT
- cik: 0001376804
- company_name: VNUE, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 4.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376804/000182912624003177/0001829126-24-003177-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376804/000182912624003177/vnueinc_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001829126-24-003177
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001829126-24-003177.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001829126-24-003177.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  VNUE, Inc. engaged Bush & Associates CPA as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Bush & Associates CPA
  source text: The Company has approved the engagement of Bush & Associates CPA ("Bush") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, which engagement was effective May 8, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376804/000182912624003177/0001829126-24-003177-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  VNUE, Inc. dismissed BF Borgers CPA PC as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: BF Borgers CPA PC
  source text: the Company has dismissed Borgers as its independent account because it is no longer authorized to perform audits for the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376804/000182912624003177/0001829126-24-003177-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.