I am not talking about just a financial audit it would include looking through all the details of all the failed chips so far and assesing what went wrong and why and if it will happen again in the future, hence we need someone with expertise in ASIC's. Which is why I suggested contacting the bitcoin foundation to see if they could recommend someone.
With respect to this idea, I think finding out that granular level of details is pointless unless you intend to conduct a lawsuit. Whether or not Ken is competent or made mistakes isn't going to help anyone recoup their investment. What we need to find out is if any of this is actually real. Right now we have no idea. There is no proof of anything that has been said. Having someone produce some proof would let us know that our money hasn't vanished into a black hole. It would also be significantly cheaper than hiring a company to do what you suggest.
If proof can be established, then one can walk through the books to determine how much was spent and how much is left. I don't think you really need ASIC knowledge. You just need someone to see where X number of dollars went to.
Anything beyond that, you might as well sue Ken and find it all in the exploratory phase of the proceedings. You'd be further down the trail legally and would have the power of the court behind you to demand access to what is being questioned.
I think what we need is evidence. Someone drive over to Ken's place and have a look at what is going on. Or maybe Ken could produce something like we've been asking him to.
My guess is nothing will happen and we'll be scratching our asses doing the same thing six months from now.