Poison Without Instructions: The Wilbur-Ellis Files TL;DR The Company: Wilbur-Ellis Company, a massive agricultural products corporation, operating as Woodburn Fertilizer in Oregon. The Product: “Moss Terminator” (EPA Reg. No. 2935-547), a federally regulated pesticide. The Misconduct: For over a year,…
The $150,000 Slap on the Wrist for Interactive Brokers TL;DR The Misconduct: For over four years, from December 2017 to March 2022, brokerage firm Interactive Brokers knowingly provided incomplete and delayed market data to its retail customers—the ones who weren’t…
EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 3:25-cv-03463-JES-JLB • 36 min read The Green Lie: How EcoCart Sciences Pickpocketed Millions of Online Shoppers and Called It Saving the Planet A federal class action filed December 8, 2025 accuses EcoCart Sciences, Inc. of secretly…
Your TV Bill is a Hostage Situation TL;DR Nexstar Media Group, the largest local TV broadcaster in the United States, stands accused in federal court of running an illegal price-fixing scheme with its “sidecar” companies, Mission Broadcasting and White Knight…
Blinding The Masses TL;DR The Company: Avenue Securities LLC, a Miami-based firm targeting Brazilian residents for investment in U.S. markets. The Scheme: Between April 2022 and October 2024, the firm sent approximately 21,000 transaction confirmations to its retail customers with…
EvilCorporations.com | Investigative Report | Environmental Enforcement 435 Engines. Years of Illegal Smog. One Slap on the Wrist. How Berry Petroleum exploited a paperwork loophole to run hundreds of smog-pumping engines across Utah’s Uinta Basin — and what their stack…
Labor Abuse Investigation | California Trucking Industry Eat Lunch at 55 Miles Per Hour How Butte Sand Trucking turned a legal right into a luxury its drivers were never meant to have EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk | Source: California Court of…
TL;DR Cagan Management Group, a Chicago-based property management company, rented out at least 31 apartments in buildings known to contain lead-based paint hazards — without telling any of the tenants. The company had lead hazard records going back as far…
Systematic Forgery: Synovus Securities Fined Just $315,000 For Over 650 Falsified Documents TL;DR Broker-dealer Synovus Securities, Inc. was sanctioned by FINRA for a massive breakdown in supervision that enabled widespread forgery. From January 2022 to September 2025, the firm’s employees…
TL;DR Boeing agreed to acquire Spirit AeroSystems, the world’s largest independent builder of aircraft fuselages and wings, for $8.3 billion total ($8.3 billion — enough to pay a year of rent for over 220,000 families). Spirit builds critical airframe parts…