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.
Financial Regulatory Misconduct 167,520 Times BNP Paribas Left Regulators In The Dark EvilCorporations.com • AWC No. 2021069219701 | FINRA | Accepted January 12, 2026 • 11 min read TL;DR From October 2019 to April 2024, BNP Paribas Securities Corp. (BNPS)…
Class Action Investigation The $2 “Software Fee” Stealing Lunch Money From the Poorest Kids in America EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 3:26-cv-03066-CRL-DJQ, U.S. District Court, ILCD • 45 min read TL;DR RevTrak, Inc. is a Minneapolis-based company that processes online payments…
FINRA Enforcement • AWC No. 2022073836301 • St. Louis, MO Benjamin Edwards Had a Compliance Policy. They Just Never Enforced It. EvilCorporations.com • FINRA AWC No. 2022073836301 • 9 min read TL;DR Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., Inc., a full-service…
Exclusive Investigation Wells Fargo Punished Homeowners for Using COVID Relief EvilCorporations.com • Stoff v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. • Case No. 37-2020-00020808-CU-BT-CTL • 19 min read TL;DR During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal CARES Act forced mortgage servicers like Wells…
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 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…
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…