A Shadow Ops Plot to Stalk Journalists and Steal Elections TL;DR The Scheme: Energy giant NextEra and its subsidiary Florida Power & Light (FPL) are accused of orchestrating a massive, covert political interference scheme. This includes bankrolling “ghost candidates” to…
TL;DR THE CORPORATION: Reeve Agri-Energy, Inc., an ethanol manufacturer in Garden City, Kansas. THE LAW: The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), which mandates companies report the toxic chemicals they use, manufacture, or release. THE MISCONDUCT: For the 2021…
TL;DR Mansfield Service Partners, operating as O’Rourke Marine Services, jeopardized public safety at their Houston facility by failing to label 18 containers of hazardous used oil. This violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) highlights a blatant disregard…
Evicted For Her Heritage TL;DR Manal Farhan, a Palestinian American, was threatened with eviction by her corporate landlord, 2715 NMA LLC and M. Fishman & Company, for displaying a Palestinian flag in her window. The property manager cited a new…
TL;DR The Company: JB&D Siding and Window Company, Inc., a renovation firm based in Galesburg, Illinois. The Law: The company performed renovations on a home built before 1978, triggering federal laws under the Toxic Substances Control Act designed to protect…
Investigation Consumer Safety Accountability San Pablo, California | Settled December 9, 2025 Unregistered Pesticides, Sold on the Shelf, in a Community Grocery Store A neighborhood supermarket in San Pablo, California sold chemical products claiming to kill viruses and bacteria…
Investigations • Environmental Crime • California Chlorine in the Backyard How Olin Chlor Alkali Ran a Toxic Chemical Plant in a Los Angeles Suburb With Eight Safety Violations — and Settled for Less Than a Used Car Settlement Signed: July…
TL;DR West-Con’s Holloway, Minnesota plant operated for over three years without a federally required chemical accident safety plan, missing a May 16, 2022 deadline and only submitting the update on August 25, 2025. The plan West-Con skipped, a Risk Management…
TL;DR A network of six shell companies and their owners ran a multi-year scheme to charge Americans $9.99–$14.99 per month for text message subscriptions they never signed up for. The operation generated over $62 million (enough to fully fund a…
TL;DR A California tech-support company called NTS IT Care, Inc., run by Jagmeet Singh Virk, ran fake pop-up scams that impersonated Microsoft and Apple to terrify people into paying for fake “virus removal.” The FTC sued and won: courts imposed…