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.
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…
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…
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…