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4/5BLACKSTAR ENTERPRISE GROUP, INC. (BEGI): Auditor change

Filed 2026-01-30 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001065949-26-000002 nano

Market data

Price before filing: $0.0002 (2026-01-29 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $436,913 (2026-01-30) 路 Latest: $218,457 (2026-10-14)

What happened next

WindowBEGISPYvs SPY
30 days+200.0%-1.1%+201.1%2026-03-02
90 days+50.0%+3.8%+46.2%2026-04-30
180 days-50.0%+5.7%-55.7%2026-07-29

Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.

Insider trading around this filing

90 days before the flag: no open-market insider sales or purchases reported.
30 days after: none reported.

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-11-01 to 2026-03-01. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.

Verified excerpt

"4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On January 23, 2026 (the "Effective Date"), BlackStar Enterprise Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), dismissed Fruci & Associates II, PLLC ("Fruci") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm."

Quoted from the filing. Source

What this means

The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.

Type: dismissed
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: Fruci & Associates II, PLLC · New auditor: L J Soldinger Associates, LLC

Why this score: also within 90 days: Going-concern doubt, Late annual report (NT 10-K), Late quarterly report (NT 10-Q)

Read the original filing on SEC.gov →

Not investment advice. Automated summary; verify against the filing.

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