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Penthouse International Inc. settled charges of accounting fraud and financial reporting violations, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday.

Former Penthouse executive Charles Samel and former shareholder Jason Galanis also agreed to each pay $60,000 to a settle accounting fraud charges, the SEC said.

Penthouse, the adult magazine, was formerly owned by Penthouse International, a holding company which also had movies, online content and entertainment clubs.

Penthouse is today published by General Media Communications Inc., which is a unit of Penthouse Media Group Inc, formerly known as General Media Inc. General Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2003 and later reorganized under the majority ownership of financier Marc Bell.

The settlement resolves the SEC’s accusations that the company used an unauthorized electronic signature of Bob Guccione, the magazine’s former chief executive officer, to meet Sarbanes-Oxley law certification requirements in its 2003 first-quarter report.

Reuters.com: Penthouse settles accounting fraud case with SEC