Corporate Misconduct Case Study: The3rdBevco Inc. & Its Impact on Defrauded Investors TLDR: Between 2019 and 2024, Peter Scalise III and his beverage company, The3rdBevco Inc., orchestrated a $3.6 million offering fraud. The Securities and Exchange Commission alleges Scalise misappropriated…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Schlumberger Technology & Its Impact on Worker Pay TL;DR: Oilfield services giant Schlumberger Technology Corporation implemented a compensation system that a jury found unlawfully denied overtime pay to a key employee, Mark Wilson. While he worked…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Precision Drilling Corp. & Its Impact on Oil-Rig Workers TLDR: Oil company Precision Drilling Corp. requires its rig hands to wear extensive protective gear to shield them from on-the-job hazards like fire, chemical exposure, and electric…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Adtron Inc. / Affiliates and The High Cost of Securities Fraud In a striking example of corporate misconduct, a federal court has ordered the president of Adtron Inc., a company also known as ATG to repay…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Providence Corp. Development & Its Impact on a Grieving Family tldr In 2015, an employee named Jason Buma died while on a work trip for his employer, Providence Corp. Development. The company and its insurance administrators,…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: St. Luke’s Health System, Inc. & Its Impact on Hourly Workers TLDR: A major healthcare provider, St. Luke’s Health System, used a seemingly neutral timekeeping policy to systematically underpay its hourly workforce over many years. Court…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: First National’s Predatory Takedown & Its Impact on American Business TL;DR: A major financial corporation, First National, executed a secret plan codenamed “Project Green Goblin” to systematically dismantle a smaller competitor, Northwest Insurance Services. Court documents…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: McDonald’s & Its Impact on Low-Wage Workers TL;DR: McDonald’s Corporation and its U.S. subsidiary implemented a nationwide policy that prohibited its franchise owners from hiring employees who had worked at another McDonald’s location within the past…
Corporate Pollution Case Study: DLD Environmental Services, Inc. & Its Impact on Public Safety TL;DR: A Michigan corporation entrusted with safely storing highly toxic Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) was cited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for systemic safety and documentation…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: TradeUP Securities and US Tiger Securities & Their Impact on Financial Market Integrity TLDR: Two affiliated Wall Street firms, TradeUP Securities and US Tiger Securities, were collectively fined $950,000 for profound, multi-year failures in their anti-money…