Fayat’s Dirty Engines: A Betrayal of Public Health The Receipts Case Docket: United States v. Fayat S.A.S., et al., Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-120, filed 01 The Core Violation: Fayat Group and its numerous subsidiaries illegally imported, sold, and introduced into…
They Let Animal Waste Pollute Your Water. The EPA Stepped In. THE BOTTOM LINE What Happened: Scattered Acres, Inc., a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) in Pennsylvania, was cited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the Clean Water…
EvilCorporations.com • FTC Docket No. 9427 • 51 min read H&R Block Rigged Its Own Software To Trap You Into Paying More For Your Taxes The Federal Trade Commission charged H&R Block with two separate schemes running simultaneously: advertising a…
Coverage Denied: The CarShield Deception The Receipts Case: Federal Trade Commission vs. NRRM, LLC (dba CarShield) & American Auto Shield, LLC. Case 4:24-cv-01055-HEA. The Misconduct: A systematic campaign of deceptive advertising and telemarketing. CarShield lied about what its vehicle service…
System Failure The Receipts THE ACCUSED: Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., a subsidiary of Clayton Homes, which is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. THE CHARGE: Systematically originating predatory mortgage loans for manufactured homes to financially vulnerable people, knowing they…
A Box of Lies How Aroeve Sold False Hope in a Polluted World THE INVESTIGATION: IN BRIEF The Product: Aroeve Air Purifiers (models MK01, MK04, MK06) sold by Antadi LLC on Amazon and its own website. The Claim: The devices…
Grubhub’s ‘Pricing Shell Game’: Deceiving Diners, Exploiting Restaurants, And Lying To Drivers TL;DR Grubhub lures customers with low “delivery fees” then secretly adds hefty “service” and “small order” fees at the final checkout screen, often doubling the price. The “free…
They Took $18.25 Million for Cancer Patients. They Kept 99% Of It. TL;DR From 2017 to 2022, the Women’s Cancer Fund, run by Gregory B. Anderson, solicited over $18.25 million in donations. The charity promised donors their money would directly…
Blackbaud’s Billion-Dollar Betrayal: Data Fumbled, Public Deceived TL;DR The Facts: In 2020, Blackbaud, a data giant with $1.1 billion in 2022 revenue, allowed a hacker to sit inside its systems undetected for over three months, from February 7 to May…
Intel’s Defective Generation: A Class Action Exposé TL;DR The Facts: A class-action lawsuit (Case No. 5:24-cv-07703) alleges Intel’s 13th and 14th Generation desktop processors, released in 2022 and 2023, are fundamentally defective. The Misconduct: Intel is accused of knowing since…