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.
Federal Trade Commission • Docket No. C-4795 • Antitrust & Consumer Finance Mastercard’s Tollbooth: How a Token Scheme Locked Competitors Out of Your Digital Wallet EvilCorporations.com • FTC Consent Order, Docket No. C-4795, Issued May 30, 2023 • 11 min…
TL;DR BCO Consulting Services, Inc. and its operators targeted student loan borrowers, charging them fees while pretending to provide real debt relief. The FTC charged them with deceptive acts and practices violating the FTC Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and…
Federal Whistleblower Retaliation • Case 2023-1091 The VA Fired Her for Finding $78,000 Missing. Then It Fought Her for Years. EvilCorporations.com • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit • 15 min read TL;DR The short version: Dr. Deborah A. Perlick…
The ‘Grant Bae’ Deception TL;DR Treashonna P. Graham, known as “The Grant Bae,” and her company C Lee Enterprises LLC are accused of targeting struggling minority-owned small businesses with a grant-writing scam. The company charged large upfront fees, sometimes over…
Derivative Litigation • Delaware Supreme Court • No. 139, 2024 Oracle Bought NetSuite for $9.3 Billion. Its Co-Founder Pocketed Nearly $4 Billion. The Court Called It Fine. EvilCorporations.com • In Re Oracle Corporation Derivative Litigation, Del. Sup. Ct. No. 139,…
Coulter Motor Company Charged with Bait-and-Switch and Racial Bias Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project Coulter Motor Company · FTC Enforcement Order Coulter Motor Company Charged with Bait-and-Switch and Racial Bias Arizona dealerships allegedly lured customers with low advertised prices, then added…
The Lien Trap TL;DR The Facts: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the State of California sued Ygrene Energy Fund Inc. for deceptive practices related to its Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing (Case No. 2:22-CV-07864). The settlement forces Ygrene…
Antitrust Misconduct America’s Biggest Banks Allegedly Rigged the Bond Market. A Judge’s Wife’s Stock Portfolio Almost Let Them Walk. EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 21-2905 • 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals • 18 min read TL;DR Ten of the most…
Federal Investigation Signed, Falsified, Sold: How Tate’s Auto Center Cheated Its Own Customers EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 3:18-cv-08176-DJH • 18 min read TL;DR The Federal Trade Commission sued a network of auto dealerships operating under the “Tate’s” brand in Winslow…
Brokers Tipped Traders to Profit from Inside Stock Offering Data Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project David Cooper and Associates · SEC Enforcement Action Brokers Tipped Traders to Profit from Inside Stock Offering Data SEC alleges registered representatives David Cooper and an…