Mr. Nunn said the settlement "is in the best interest of the company, its customers and its shareholders, as it brings a five-year S.E.C. investigation to closure".
"The Board believes that this settlement is in the best interest of the company, its customers and its shareholders, as it brings a five-year SEC investigation to closure," Sam Nunn, presiding director of the Dell board, said in a statement.
The timing of the investigation's closure, he added, arose from the natural progress of the probe.
The investigation and closure of the Whiskey Ring resulted in 230 indictments, 110 convictions, and $3,000,000 in tax revenues that were returned to the Treasury Department.
SEM investigations revealed closure of intralamellar cracks located perpendicular to the stress direction.
The BBC's source was described as a former officer familiar with the original investigation and its closure.
Prosecutors in Modena announced this week that they had launched an investigation into the closure of the factory.
There is no satisfactory conclusion for the people of Tanzania, where the investigation's premature closure undermines the cause of justice and accountability.
An investigation after its closure by the National Audit Office NAOO) found that officials had repeatedly expressed concerns about Kids Company – six times between 2002-15 - and found it had not met earlier conditions on grants.
At the same time, the Insolvency Service is investigating the conduct of the former directors, the Financial Reporting Council is examining the audit of BHS's 2014 accounts by PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the SFO is looking into possible grounds to launch a formal criminal investigation into the closure of the retailer.
