Clean Water Act Enforcement • Ohio River • EPA Region 5 Poison in the River A coal facility in Bellaire, Ohio spent over a year dumping copper and chloride into the Ohio River without proper monitoring, without required pollution controls,…
Volkswagen Sold Cars With Defective Engines and Then Refused to Fix Them EvilCorporations.com • Civil Action No. 2:25-cv-00191 (D.N.J.), Filed January 8, 2025 • 42 min read TL;DR Volkswagen sold tens of thousands of 2022-2023 Tiguan SUVs equipped with an…
TL;DR During the COVID-19 pandemic, Womply (legally: Oto Analytics, Inc.) marketed a program called “PPP Fast Lane” to freelancers, gig workers, and small business owners, promising they would receive forgivable federal loans of up to $41,666 in as little as…
EvilCorporations.com • Docket No. RCRA-03-2024-0115 • 12 min read A Chemical Company Left Hazardous Waste Sitting For Over A Year. The Fine Was $5,000. Affinity Research Chemicals, a pharmaceutical synthesis company in Wilmington, Delaware, accumulated multiple drums of hazardous waste…
Ticking Time Bomb:Porsche’s Defective Taycan Batteries EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 1:24-cv-05492-ELR • 59 min read TL;DR Porsche sold 32,198 Taycan electric vehicles in the United States between 2019 and October 2024, each starting at over $100,000, while internally knowing the…
TL;DR Wise US Inc., a fintech company with 3.1 million U.S. customers, was caught running a scheme of deceptive fee disclosures and regulatory violations that cost ordinary consumers real money across multiple product lines simultaneously. Wise told users ATM fees…
VEGAS.COM SUED: THE DIGITAL SHELL GAME OF HIDDEN FEES TL;DR The Accusation: Vegas.com, LLC is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly ambushing customers with hidden “junk fees” using a “drip pricing” model. The Misconduct: The company advertises one price for…
Costco’s Fish Oil Lie: The Supplement That Could Break Your Heart EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 3:24-cv-02156-JO-AHG | Filed November 18, 2024 | U.S. District Court, Southern District of California • 46 min read TL;DR Costco sells Kirkland Signature Fish Oil…
EvilCorporations.com | Great Lakes for Sale: The Corporate Contamination Files TL;DR DTE Electric’s coal-fired Monroe Power Plant in Michigan was caught violating the Clean Water Act in four separate ways across 2022 and 2023. The plant discharged iron into Lake…
Pangea’s Paper Trail Of Poison TL;DR: The Investigation WHO: Pangea Real Estate, a Chicago-based corporate landlord. WHAT: Systematically and repeatedly failed to warn tenants about known lead paint hazards before they signed leases. This happened in at least 31 different…