--- title: "The “Auditor” of “Truth Social” Misspelled His Own Name 14 Different Ways in Filings" description: "Ben F Borgers, whose accountancy firm was hired by Trump Media in 2022, spelled his name 14 different ways in filings." date: "2024-04-25" modified: "2024-04-25" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/auditor-truth-social-misspelled-own-name" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "accounting" - "donald trump" - "the digest" - "trump media" --- # The “Auditor” of “Truth Social” Misspelled His Own Name 14 Different Ways in Filings ![Ben F Borgers, whose accountancy firm was hired by Trump Media in 2022, spelled his name 14 different ways in filings.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Speling Is Hard The head of the accounting firm in charge of keeping track of the former president's Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which owns the far-right social media platform Truth Social, is astonishingly bad at typing out his own name. As the [*Financial Times* reports](), Ben F Borgers, whose accountancy firm was hired by TMTG in 2022, misspelled his name 14 different ways in filings with the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) — including "Ben F Brogers," "Blake F Borgers," "Ben F Vonesh," and "Ben F orgers." Worse yet, the firm already has a [lengthy track record]() of failing to meet regulatory standards, which given the nature of Trump's [flailing attempt at a social network]() probably shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody. ## Better Call Ben But at least you'd expect Borgers to be able to spell his own name. "If multiple names are due to careless mistakes and lack of attention, then how can we trust him concerning his attention to the audits that he has to supervise," University of Oklahoma accounting professor Agnes Cheng told the *FT*. Borgers has already had plenty of run-ins with regulators, failing to meet standards on a number of occasions. His firm has clearly taken on far more than it can chew, with Borgers becoming the most "prolific individual auditor of US public companies," [per the *FT*](), with TMTG being just one of 170 companies the accountancy has signed. Besides not being able to spell his own name, Borgers already has a track record of violating auditor rules, with the PCAOB [finding several deficiencies in every audit by the firm]() it reviewed over the last two years. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Trump administration seriously damaged the PCAOB during its tenure, with senators urging the Securities Exchange Commission to [replace its members](). Besides careless accounting, Trump's social media bet has been under heavy scrutiny for a while now. Ever since TMTG [merged]() with a blank check acquisition company last month, the company's astronomically overvalued shares have [tanked](), raising plenty of questions. Most recently, TMTG CEO Devin Nunes threw up his hands, accusing Wall Street of unfairly betting against the [troubled Truth Social parent company](). Meanwhile, Trump is still poised to get away with [well over a billion dollars](), which would conclude his highly controversial stock-driven cash grab. **More on TMTG:** *[CEO of Trump Media Trying to Figure Out Why Its Stock Keeps Falling]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()