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EX-16.1 - LETTER FROM BRIGGS & VESELKA CO. TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DATED - Bancorp 34, Inc.ex161-8ka_102617.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A
AMENDMENT NO. 1

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  September 26, 2017

BANCORP 34, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland
 
001-37912
 
74-2819148
(State or Other Jurisdiction)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)
 
Identification No.)
 
500 East 10th Street, Alamogordo, New Mexico
 
88310
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (575) 437-9334

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 4.01 Change in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

(a) As previously disclosed, on September 26, 2017, Briggs & Veselka Co. was dismissed as the principal accountants for Bancorp 34, Inc. (the "Registrant"). The decision to dismiss Briggs & Veselka Co. was approved by the Audit Committee of the Registrant.  On November 14, 2017, the Registrant filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.  Accordingly, the dismissal is effective November 14, 2017.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the subsequent interim period through November 14, 2017, there were no: (1) disagreements with Briggs & Veselka Co. on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to their satisfaction, would have caused them to make reference in connection with their opinion to the subject matter of the disagreement, or (2) reportable events under Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The audit reports of Briggs & Veselka Co. on the consolidated financial statements of the Registrant as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

A letter from Briggs & Veselka Co. is attached as an Exhibit to this Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit No.
Description




SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.




 
BANCORP 34, INC.
   
   
   
DATE: November 20, 2017
By:           /s/ Jill Gutierrez
 
Jill Gutierrez
 
Chief Executive Officer