FINRA Enforcement Action • AWC No. 2021069377402 How Did “Investments for You” Turn Into Misconduct for All? EvilCorporations.com • FINRA AWC No. 2021069377402, Marysville, OH • 13 min read TL;DR Investments for You, Inc., a small broker-dealer in Marysville, Ohio,…
Iowa State’s Hazardous Waste Violations TL;DR Iowa State University was caught by the EPA for numerous violations of federal hazardous waste laws following a May 13, 2024 inspection. Violations included leaving containers of hazardous waste open, failing to label them…
EvilCorporations.com • CFTC Docket No. 24-18 • 20 min read The World’s Largest Custody Bank Hid Five Million Trades From Regulators. They Did It Twice. The Bank of New York Mellon spent five years misreporting millions of swap transactions to…
EPA Enforcement Action • Docket TSCA-05-2025-0017 Lead in the Walls, Money in the Fine: CT Gabbert Remodeling’s Three-Year Safety Blackout EvilCorporations.com • Peoria, Illinois • 17 min read TL;DR CT Gabbert Remodeling & Construction, Inc., based in Peoria, Illinois, ran…
FINRA Enforcement • Securities Fraud $1.36 Million in Phantom Equity.The Fine Was $25,000. EvilCorporations.com • FINRA AWC No. 2022077353201 • 8 min read TL;DR Sentinel Brokers Company, Inc. (SBC) received $1,364,412 from affiliated companies between April and June 2022, then…
EvilCorporations.com • FIFRA-10-2025-0047 / EPA Region 10 • 11 min read They Slapped “Safe. Smart. Strong.” on a Bug Zapper. The EPA Called It Illegal. The Fine Was $2,420. Basic Outlet LLC, a small company out of Kirkland, Washington, imported…
Crypto Fraud / SEC Enforcement / Utah Federal Court Case No. 2:23-cv-00159-AMA-CMR | U.S. District Court, District of Utah The Green Box Scam: How Two Men Sold a Fake Crypto Mine to Ordinary Investors and a Federal Court Just Refused…
Data Privacy Violation • 7th Circuit Court of Appeals MeTV Embedded a Facebook Spy Pixel in Every Video You Watched EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 24-1290, 7th Cir. (2025) • 7 min read TL;DR MeTV, the classic TV streaming website, embedded…
FINRA Enforcement • Municipal Bonds • Pay-to-Play The Firm That Let Dirty Money Flow Into Public Finance EvilCorporations.com • FINRA AWC No. 2021070877701 • 10 min read TL;DR The Frazer Lanier Company, a Montgomery, Alabama municipal bond firm operating since…
Labor Law / Wage Theft How Hamilton-Ryker Refused to Pay Overtime by Calling Eight Hours a “Week” A federal appeals court just ruled that slapping the word “salary” on a payment of $800 for one day’s work does not make…