The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a settled enforcement action against Larry A. Rodda, a former principal and managing director of KPMG Consulting LLC (later renamed BearingPoint Inc.) for his role in aiding and abetting a major corporate accounting fraud. Rodda was charged by the SEC in 2004 with aiding and abetting a massive financial fraud orchestrated by senior officers at Peregrine Systems, Inc., a California software company. According to the SEC, Rodda knowingly signed sham software license agreements that allowed Peregrine to inflate its stock price from fiscal year 2000 through the third quarter of fiscal year 2002. Without admitting or denying the SEC’s allegations, Rodda agreed to pay a $80,000 civil penalty. In 2004, Rodda pleaded guilty to one count of criminal conspiracy in a related criminal case. See related BearingPoint Inc. instances, “Criminal Conspiracy” and “Aiding and Abetting Financial Fraud.”