Corporate Greed Case Study: Network 1 Financial Securities & Its Systemic Failures TL;DR: According to a legal settlement with financial regulators, Network 1 Financial Securities Inc., a firm with a history of compliance failures, implemented a dangerously deficient anti-money laundering…
Class Action Investigation e.l.f. Cosmetics Is Charging You For Air EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 2:25-cv-1580 • 41 min read A federal class action filed in February 2025 accuses e.l.f. Cosmetics of selling two popular products in containers that are up…
Corporate Malfeasance Case Study: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. & Its Impact on Child Safety TL;DR: A class-action lawsuit alleges that Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc., the company behind the popular “Safety 1st” brand, knowingly sold approximately 180,000 “Grow and Go Sprint”…
Class Action Investigation LG Ranges Randomly Ignite, Sparking Fires & Killing Household Pets EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 2:25-cv-01300 (D.N.J.) • 24 min read TL;DR LG sold roughly 500,000 electric ranges from 2015 through January 2025 with front-mounted knobs so easy…
Class Action Investigation CVS’s Contract Trap: How a Healthcare Giant Used Illegal Fine Print to Control Its Workers EvilCorporations.com • Hall v. CVS Health Corp., Case No. 24CECG03967 (Fresno County Superior Court, filed Sept. 11, 2024) • 46 min read…
FINRA Enforcement • AWC No. 2021069376701 How Thurston Springer Turned Investor Protection Into a Paper-Thin Charade EvilCorporations.com • FINRA AWC No. 2021069376701 • CRD No. 8478 • 15 min read TL;DR Thurston Springer Financial, a full-service broker-dealer based in Indianapolis…
Corporate Malfeasance Case Study: Celtic Ocean International, LLC & Its Impact on Public Health TL;DR: A lawsuit alleges that Celtic Ocean International, the company behind the popular Selina Naturally® Celtic Sea Salt®, has been selling products contaminated with significant levels…
EvilCorporations.com • Docket No. RCRA-07-2025-0050 • 5 min read $5,000 and Walk Away: McWane’s Hazardous Waste Gamble in Oskaloosa A federally licensed hazardous waste facility let fifteen containers of dangerous materials sit unlabeled, ran its own inspections while missing the…
SEC Enforcement EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 2:22-CV-00693 JFW (SKx) • 5 min read Is a $55 Million Fine Justice, or Just the Cost of Doing Business for Safeguard Metals? A federal court just handed down a final judgment against a…
TL;DR The fraud ran for over three years. From February 2022 to the date of filing in May 2025, the operators of Unicoin, Inc. raised more than $100 million from over 5,000 investors by selling “Unicoin Rights Certificates”, which were…