GHP Horwath ratified as independent accounting firm for fiscal year 2016
Company: Riot
What the later record shows
Outcome not yet confirmed · happened January 13, 2017
The GHP relationship ended on January 13, 2017, before a FY2016 audit could have been completed, and EisnerAmper was appointed on February 3, 2017. This indicates GHP did not perform the FY2016 audit.
“As of January 13, 2017, the client-auditor relationship between us and GHP ceased. On February 3, 2017, our Board of Directors appointed EisnerAmper LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm.”
2018-02-06 · Riot S-3/A filed 2018-02-07 View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
Checked November 9, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Ratification of the appointment of GHP Horwath, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the financial statements audit for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016
Source (primary)
Riot PRE 14A filed 2016-10-07 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “Ratification of the appointment of GHP Horwath, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the financial statements audit for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016”
How we checked this
Checked on October 12, 2026. The cited source supports part of this claim, but not all of it.
This preliminary proxy statement, filed before the November 30, 2016 meeting, shows that ratification of GHP Horwath was proposed and recommended by the Board. It cannot show that shareholders actually ratified the appointment, which the claim's heading implies.
Confirmed in the source:
- Venaxis, Inc.'s 2016 Annual Meeting agenda included a proposal to ratify the appointment of GHP Horwath, P.C. as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016
- On May 9, 2016, the Board of Directors approved the Audit Committee's recommendation to appoint GHP Horwath, P.C. for fiscal year 2016 and submitted the selection to shareholders for ratification
We could not confirm this from the cited source:
- Shareholders actually voted to ratify GHP Horwath, P.C. as the independent accounting firm for fiscal year 2016
That does not mean it is false — only that this source does not establish it, as of the date above. If we find a source that settles it, we will re-check and update this page.
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997316001208/appy_pre14a.htm) in full (216,115 characters, retrieved September 27, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot PRE 14A filed 2016-10-07
Quote: “Ratification of the appointment of GHP Horwath, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the financial statements audit for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016”