followingte the warning offered is for the company to fix in the future. The auditors signed the finacials indicating there were no material errors in them. Read the auditors summary for every 10K. Regardless of anything they might have appended, they have agreed that no material errors existed. There is no copout on this for them, the CEO or the CFO. They have the right to refuse to sign if an error might be suspected under some number. They can demand to have more data or they can resign as auditor.