bankrateBankrate, the New York-based personal finance information provider charged with accounting fraud by the SEC, relied on Sitrick and Co. for PR counsel through the probe.

The company settled the SEC charges for $15M Sept. 8, while former CFO Edward DiMaria reached a deal to pay more than $180K. Two other Bankrate execs, former accounting director Matthew Gawsey and ex-VP of finance Hyunjin Lerner, continue to face SEC charges.

All of the charges relate to allegations that the company fraudulently increased its revenue on paper to meet analyst expectations in 2012.

Sitrick firm member Thomas Mulligan, a former senior financial writer for the Los Angles Times, has advised Bankrate from New York on the PR front.

Bankrate, which restated its 2012 earnings in June 2015, in a statement said it did not admit or deny the SEC's findings in agreeing to pay the civil penalty.