FTC Lawsuit: Wisconsin Auto Dealer Charged Secret ‘Racial Tax’ to American Indian Customers The Gist of the Grift Who: Rhinelander Auto Center, a group of dealerships in Wisconsin, and its general manager Daniel Towne. The Accusation: A federal lawsuit by…
Investigative Report • FTC v. BlueSnap, Inc. et al. How BlueSnap’s Executives Enabled a Decade of Deception EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 1:24-cv-01898-MHC (N.D. Ga.) • 49 min read TL;DR BlueSnap, Inc. is a global payment processor sued by the FTC…
Class Action Investigation The Certificate That Ruined Their Lives National Laser Institute sold hundreds of people a $10,000 piece of paper. Illinois law says that paper was never legal to issue. The dreams it sold were never real. EvilCorporations.com •…
EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 2:24-at-01432, E.D. Cal., Filed Nov. 13, 2024 • 35 min read Three Words on the Box. A Dependency Inside. Johnson & Johnson printed “Non-Habit Forming” on every box of Tylenol PM while selling a product containing…
Investigative Report / Consumer Fraud The Collagen That Isn’t Algenist built a beauty empire on one word: collagen. Their products don’t contain a single molecule of it. Inside the class action lawsuit that says millions of consumers paid premium prices…
Poison For Profit: HF Sinclair’s Refinery Caught Spewing Carcinogens in New Mexico The Receipts The Accusation: HF Sinclair Navajo Refining LLC is being sued by the United States government and the State of New Mexico for allegedly violating the Clean…
Investigative Report • Consumer Fraud • Environmental Contamination Your “Compostable” Plates Are Poisoning the Soil EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 1:25-cv-00048-KES-HBK (E.D. Cal.) • 39 min read TL;DR Sprouts Farmers Market and its manufacturer EcoSoul Home Inc. sold single-use plates, bowls,…
NordVPN’s Subscription Trap The Receipts The Case: Tim Peterson v. Nordvpn S.A. and Tefincom S.A., Case No. 1:24-cv-03218, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The Allegation: NordVPN intentionally uses a “web of deceptive online design…
FTC Complaint • Docket No. D-9436 Rigged at the Dealership Asbury Automotive Group Charged Black and Latino Customers Thousands More for Junk Add-Ons EvilCorporations.com • FTC Complaint Filed October 8, 2024 • 24 min read TL;DR The Federal Trade Commission…
140,000 VIOLATIONS: The Price of Performance TL;DR: THE CASE AGAINST TURN 14 The U.S. government is suing Turn 14 Distribution, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based auto parts wholesaler. The accusation is that between June 2016 and August 2021, the company sold approximately…