Crain Automotive’s Deferred Pay Scheme: How a Car Dealer Tried to Disappear a Senior Executive’s Earned Compensation EvilCorporations.com • No. 24-1555, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit • 9 min read TL;DR Crain Automotive Holdings, a car dealership chain based…
Table of Contents 1. Introduction Key Takeaway: This high-profile case against TheFBAMachine Inc. epitomizes how neoliberal capitalism’s deference to corporate profits can open pathways to massive deception. In June 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an Amended Complaint for…
Corporate Misconduct • Franchise Law • Auto Industry Volvo Is Allegedly Underpaying Its Dealers Two Massachusetts Volvo dealerships say a rigged reimbursement system built into Volvo’s prepaid maintenance contracts forces them to perform real labor at rates they never agreed…
Antitrust & Judicial Accountability The Judge, His Wife’s Bank Stock, and the $10 Billion Bond Rigging Case That Almost Got Buried EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk — Source: Litovich v. Bank of America Corp., et al., No. 21-2905, U.S. Court of Appeals,…
EvilCorporations.com • FTC Docket No. C-4142 • 13 min read The Cartel in Your Doctor’s Office San Juan IPA coordinated physicians across the Farmington, New Mexico area to fix prices and block insurance companies from negotiating fair rates. The Federal…
Federal Trade Commission • Docket No. C-4795 • Antitrust & Consumer Finance Mastercard’s Tollbooth: How a Token Scheme Locked Competitors Out of Your Digital Wallet EvilCorporations.com • FTC Consent Order, Docket No. C-4795, Issued May 30, 2023 • 11 min…
TL;DR BCO Consulting Services, Inc. and its operators targeted student loan borrowers, charging them fees while pretending to provide real debt relief. The FTC charged them with deceptive acts and practices violating the FTC Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and…
Corporate Corruption Case Study: American Screening & Its Impact on Healthcare Providers Table of Contents (Author’s Note: All case-specific facts in this article are drawn solely from the legal complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission against American Screening, LLC,…
Investigative Report • Corporate Misconduct • Children’s Privacy Microsoft Harvested Children’s Data for Years Without Consent. Then Paid $20 Million to Walk Away. EvilCorporations.com • Case 2:23-cv-00836 / FTC Matter No. 1923258 • 1 min read TL;DR The violation: Microsoft…
Docket No. SDWA-05-2024-0001 • EPA Region 5 • St. Clair County, Michigan They Pumped Salt Water Into the Ground. Nobody Was Watching. EvilCorporations.com • SDWA-05-2024-0001 / EPA Region 5 / St. Clair County, MI • 18 min read TL;DR Stevens…