EvilCorporations.com • FTC Complaint No. 202-3196 • 21 min read Your Phone Was a Spy. They Sold the Footage. How data broker Mobilewalla built a billion-dollar surveillance machine from your GPS pings — and sold your most private moments to…
TL;DR Security camera company Verkada Inc. is being sued by the U.S. government for massive, systemic security failures that allowed hackers to access over 150,000 live camera feeds. The breach exposed highly sensitive locations, including psychiatric hospitals, women’s health clinics,…
TL;DR The Facts: For nearly 20 years, Konohiki Corp. illegally operated a high-capacity cesspool at its commercial property in Makawao, Hawaii, in direct violation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. The Misconduct: This cesspool directly injected untreated human waste…
TL;DR An interconnected web of companies, including Legion Media and KP Commerce, allegedly engineered a massive unauthorized billing scam that took over $200 million from working people since at least 2021. The scheme relied on deceptive “free trial” offers for…
EPA Enforcement Action 46,000 Gallons, Zero Plan EvilCorporations.com • CWA-04-2024-1103(b) | Memphis, TN • 13 min read TL;DR A Memphis, Tennessee oil storage facility called Agrileum Collections, located at 3901 Outland Road, was storing up to 46,250 gallons of oil…
TL;DR Uber secretly decided to launch its ridesharing platform in Buenos Aires in April 2016 knowing the launch was illegal, and told none of this to the Buenos Aires lawyer whose name and address were on file as Uber’s official…
TL;DR AES Puerto Rico, LP, owner of a coal-fired power plant in Guayama, is charged by the EPA for serious violations of the Clean Air Act. The company failed to operate and maintain its mercury and hazardous air pollutant monitoring…
A $200 Fine For Poisoning Your Home TL;DR The Facts: Lotus Plumbing Company performed renovation work on a Portland, Oregon home built in 1946, a property classified as “target housing” due to the high risk of lead-based paint. The Misconduct:…
The Kingman House: Built on a $3.2 Million Lie TL;DR The Facts: Gaylen Rust’s company, Rust Rare Coin, ran a silver-trading Ponzi scheme called the “Silver Pool.” Investor Les Howell put in about $1.2 million and walked away with over…
TL;DR Long Leaf Trading Group, an “introducing broker,” systematically lost its customers’ money while collecting huge commissions. Under CEO James Donelson, one program lost $2,376,738 for clients. During that same period, the company raked in $1,235,413 in commissions from those…