Financial fraud includes activities like embezzlement, insider trading, and accounting fraud, inflicts substantial harm on society. It distorts the transparency and efficiency of financial markets, leading investors and regulators to make decisions based on false information, which can destabilize entire economic systems. The direct victims of financial fraud—ranging from individual investors to large corporations—can face devastating financial losses, potentially wiping out life savings or crippling business operations.
TL;DR Mark D. Anderson, founder and CEO of Drake’s Organic Spirits, is accused by the SEC of fabricating more than $3 million in fake sales across two separate schemes in December 2021 and summer 2022, using shell companies he personally…
EvilCorporations.com • Civil Action No. 1:26-cv-02494 (E.D.N.Y.) • Filed April 27, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 6.7 minutes Summary TL;DR before starting with the article, I want to mention that Attyx literally tried to destroy my computer while I was…
Class Action Investigation • Consumer Fraud • Fintech Accountability EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 1:26-cv-288, D. Idaho (Filed May 11, 2026) • Estimated reading time: 14 minutes TL;DR A retired Oregon couple, Karen and Robert Lacey, lost their entire life savings…
Class Action Investigation TurboTax Charged Military Families 209% Interest and Called It “0% APR” EvilCorporations.com • Case 5:26-cv-03712, N.D. Cal., Filed April 29, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes TL;DR Intuit (TurboTax), its subsidiary Intuit Financing Inc., and its…
Financial Fraud • Elder Abuse • SEC Enforcement How A.G. Morgan Financial Advisors, Vincent Camarda, and James McArthur allegedly told hundreds of elderly clients their life savings were “safe”, then funneled the money into a failing mine and a drive-thru…
EvilCorporations.com / Investigation Federal regulators say two companies charged struggling student-loan borrowers hundreds to over a thousand dollars each for loan forgiveness that the government provides directly, for free. A federal court has now frozen the operation. TL;DR The FTC…
TL;DR The Federal Trade Commission sued MLM recruiter Stormy Wellington on April 13, 2026 for making deceptive income claims while recruiting for two multi-level marketing companies: Total Life Changes (TLC) and Farmasi. 76.8% of TLC participants earned zero compensation in…
Securities Fraud Investigation He Stole $8 Million From His Own Investors to Pay for His Wedding, His Ex-Wife, and His Newspaper EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 1:26-cv-03408 (S.D.N.Y., Filed April 24, 2026) • Estimated Reading Time: 14 minutes TL;DR Jay S.…
TL;DR Stash Capital LLC, the broker-dealer behind the Stash investing app, operated for over four years, from January 2019 to June 2023, without a functional identity verification system, a working anti-money laundering program, or a real identity theft prevention plan,…
FINRA ENFORCEMENT AWC NO. 2022076848801 PENNY STOCK FRAUD GATEWAY How a New York Broker Kept Its Suspicious Activity Blind Spots Running for Three and a Half Years Herold & Lantern Investments, Inc. | Melville, New York | CRD No. 30996…