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.
Corporate Accountability American Express Made Rules That Cost You Money. Now They’re Paying $17.5 Million. EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 1:19-cv-00566 (E.D.N.Y.) • 37 min read TL;DR American Express imposed “anti-steering” rules on merchants that blocked those businesses from encouraging customers…
Class Action Investigation The Company Charging Kids a Tax to Eat Lunch EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 6:26-cv-00301-AJB-MJK (N.D.N.Y.) • 40 min read TL;DR EZSchoolPay, a subsidiary of Canadian software giant Constellation Software Inc., operates payment portals used by thousands of…
EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 1:26-cv-01005-VMC • 11 min read You Paid UPS Fees That Were Never Legal and They Still Kept the Money A federal class action filed February 20, 2026 accuses United Parcel Service of collecting tariff surcharges that…
Federal Investigation They Called It Insurance.It Was a Trap. EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 0:26-cv-60067, S.D. Florida, Filed January 12, 2026 • 31 min read TL;DR The Federal Trade Commission filed a federal lawsuit on January 12, 2026 against a Florida-based…
Investigative Report • Consumer Rights • Corporate Accountability Amazon Knew Millions of Shoppers Would Not Notice Missing Refunds. That Was the Strategy. EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 2:23-CV-1372-JNW, U.S. District Court, W.D. Washington • 61 min read TL;DR Amazon ran a…
Class Action Investigation • Consumer Fraud • Junk Fees SeaWorld Gave You Twelve Minutes to Catch the Junk Fee It Had Been Hiding All Along EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 3:26-cv-00090-BTM-BLM • 20 min read TL;DR SeaWorld’s parent company, United Parks…
FTC Federal Lawsuit • Case No. 3:26-cv-00333 JustAnswer’s $5 Lie: How a Chatbot Named Pearl Trapped Hundreds of Thousands in Hidden Subscriptions The FTC’s lawsuit against JustAnswer LLC and its CEO reveals a calculated, years-long scheme to bury subscription charges…
EvilCorporations.com | Financial Fraud Investigation Series SEC Complaint · Case 3:26-cv-00917 · Filed January 29, 2026 He Met Them at the Temple. Then He Took Their Money. EvilCorporations Investigations Desk · Fraud & Securities January 2026 · Santa Clara, California…
Corporate Fraud Investigation • Securities Fraud • ADM / Vikram Luthar Archer Daniels Midland Fraud Exposes a CFO Who Cashed Out Before the Collapse EvilCorporations.com • Case: 1:26-cv-00927, U.S. District Court, N.D. Illinois • 50 min read TL;DR Vikram Luthar,…
SEC Insider Trading Complaint • Case 1:26-cv-10140 • D. Mass. They Gave Him Access to Everything. He Used It to Take From Everyone. EvilCorporations.com • SEC v. Hong Wang & Precision Clinical Consulting, LLC • 15 min read TL;DR Hong…