Ex-Hertz CEO and Chairman Mark Frissora agreed to return nearly $2 million in bonus pay to settle securities charges alleging he aided a long-running accounting scandal that inflated pretax income by $235 million.

Frissora was accused of pressuring employees in three significant ways to make the Estero-based Hertz Global Holdings Inc. look better financially. The aiding and abetting charge and settlement were announced jointly on Aug. 13 by the Securities and Exchange Commission.