AA's conviction does not put them out of business. AA's loss of customers put them out of business. That said - they may possibly have lost their legal abilit

AA's conviction does not put them out of business. AA's loss of customers put them out of business. That said - they may possibly have lost their legal ability to sign off on books, in which case, that could have done it, but even if they didn't, customers would run for the hills. There are handful of 'big accounting firms' that are basically the same. Why use the one that is criminal when you can use the next one over for the same price that is not? The whole point of AA is integrity of being an 'independent' auditor. If they don't have that, they don't have anything to sell, so no customers.