Deloitte flags sourcing from inappropriately approved vendors at BharatPe

Auditor Deloitte has flagged inappropriately approved vendors and excess payments at BharatPe, where its former MD and co-founder Ashneer Grover has been accused of cheating and embezzlement of funds.

In its latest annual report, BharatPe presented opinion of its statutory auditor that said the company’s internal control system for vendor selection as well as for approval of invoices for purchase of goods and services were not operating effectively, resulting in procurements at inappropriately approved prices.

After devoting a page on the statutory auditors’ report, BharatPe’s annual report in the following section stated that “there were no instances of fraud reported by auditors to the board of directors”.