On June 2, 2010, the SEC issued a litigation release announcing it filed a civil action against Diebold, Incorporated and former financial executives. According to the SEC, the defendants "engaged in fraudulent accounting practices to inflate the company's earnings to meet forecasts." In addition, according to the SEC, "Without admitting or denying the Commission's charges, Diebold has agreed to consent to a final judgment ordering the company to pay a $25 million civil penalty and permanently enjoining the company from future violations."

On June 2, 2010, the SEC announced that it charged Diebold, Inc. ("Diebold"), an Ohio-based company that manufactures and sells ATMs, bank security systems and electronic voting machines, for engaging in a fraudulent accounting scheme to inflate its earnings. According to the SEC's complaint against Diebold, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the company manipulated its earnings from at least 2002 through 2007 to meet financial performance forecasts and made material misstatements and omissions to investors in dozens of SEC filings and press releases. Diebold's improper accounting practices misstated the company's reported pre-tax earnings by at least $127 million. Without admitting or denying the SEC's charges, Diebold consented to a final judgment ordering payment of the $25 million penalty and permanently enjoining the company from future violations of the antifraud, reporting, books and records, and internal control provisions of the federal securities laws.

On June 14, 2010, Federal District Judge Paul L. Friedman entered final judgment against Diebold, Inc. pursuant to the consent of Diebold, Inc.