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.
Class Action Investigation Amazon’s Billion-Dollar Return Fraud: Customers Paid. Returns Made. Refunds Stolen. EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 2:23-CV-1372-JNW • 61 min read TL;DR Amazon ran a return and refund system with documented, systemic failures that denied customers money they were…
Predatory Finance • Military Exploitation • Class Action Our War Criminals Bombed Elementary Schools. H&R Block Illegally Charged Them 667% Interest. EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 3:26-cv-00759-LL-MSB, S.D. Cal. (Filed Feb. 6, 2026) • 38 min read TL;DR A U.S. Navy…
FINRA Enforcement • AWC No. 2020066700205 Less Than 8 Cents Per Violation EvilCorporations.com • FINRA AWC No. 2020066700205 | Virtu Americas LLC | CRD No. 149823 • 7 min read TL;DR Virtu Americas LLC, a Wall Street market-maker and trade-execution…
FINRA Enforcement • AWC No. 2018057331002 • Securities Fraud Compliance Failure Cetera Let Suspected Fraudsters Cash Out While Looking the Other Way EvilCorporations.com • FINRA AWC No. 2018057331002 • 21 min read TL;DR Three Cetera broker-dealer firms, covering roughly 13,800…
FINRA Enforcement • Financial Fraud • AWC No. 2024080523501 A $50,000 Fine for a $25 Million Lie EvilCorporations.com • AWC No. 2024080523501 • 9 min read TL;DR ABN AMRO Capital Markets (USA) LLC, a Wall Street broker-dealer owned by a…
FINRA AWC No. 2023077093401 • Regulatory Misconduct Stirlingshire Broke Its Own Rules to Sell Banned Products to Everyday People EvilCorporations.com • FINRA AWC No. 2023077093401 • 9 min read TL;DR Stirlingshire Investments, a New York brokerage firm with just 26…
Wall Street’s China IPO Mill: How Boustead and Sutter Cashed In on Fraud FINRA ENFORCEMENT • COMPLAINT 2022075185901 • EXPOSED INVESTIGATION The IPO Laundromat: How Two Brokerages Turned Chinese Nano‑Caps Into a Fraud Factory Boustead and Sutter Securities ignored rampant…
Class Action Investigation Hometap’s “Investment Agreement” Is a Predatory Mortgage in Disguise EvilCorporations.com • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey • 32 min read TL;DR Hometap Equity Partners, LLC calls its product a “Home Equity Investment” and prints “THIS…
Class Action Investigation You Paid a Fee You Never Agreed To at All Your Restaurant Meals EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 1:26-cv-00333-TWT, N.D. Ga. • 31 min read TL;DR Sunday App, Inc., an Atlanta-based restaurant payments company, buries a mandatory “Sunday…
Class Action Investigation • Consumer Fraud • E-Commerce Deception Ann Taylor and Loft Built Its Checkout to Deceive You at the Worst Moment EvilCorporations.com • Civil Action No. 1:26-cv-01614, S.D.N.Y. • 24 min read Premium Brands Opco LLC ran its…