Shutterstock Hid The Fees Until It Had Your Card TL;DR Shutterstock agreed to pay $35,000,000 to settle FTC claims that it trapped customers in auto-renewing subscriptions and “one-time” packs that secretly recharged their cards. The FTC says that since at…
The Cameo Trap | EvilCorporations.com INVESTIGATIVE DOSSIER // CASE 5:26-CV-1216 THE CAMEO TRAP How Baron App Inc. weaponizes “drip pricing” to siphon wealth from unsuspecting consumers. THE RECEIPTS DEFENDANT: Baron App, Inc. (dba Cameo) ALLEGATION: Illegal Drip Pricing (Dark Patterns)…
Class Action Investigation • Case No. 3:26-cv-00435 • N.D. Cal. TomoCredit Built a Product for People in Crisis, Then Exploited Them EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 3:26-cv-00435, U.S. District Court, N.D. California, Filed Jan. 15, 2026 • 65 min read TL;DR…
Avanquest Software Trapped California Consumers in Hidden Auto-Renewal Subscriptions for Years EvilCorporations.com · Corporate Accountability Project · Subscription Scams ⚠ Class Action Settlement · Software Industry · 2019–2025 Avanquest Software Trapped California Consumers in Hidden Auto-Renewal Subscriptions for Years A…
EvilCorporations.com • Case 2:26-cv-01110, U.S. District Court, C.D. Cal. • 51 min read AG1 Auto-Renewal Fraud Trapped Millions in Hidden Subscriptions TL;DR AG1 (USA), Inc., the company behind the premium health drink sold as drinkag1.com, is accused in a federal…
TL;DR The New York Times made it deliberately difficult for paying subscribers to cancel their home delivery subscriptions. The New York State Attorney General investigated and forced the company to settle. The settlement covers anyone who cancelled a NYT home…
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…
EvilCorporations.com • Case No. 3:26-cv-00575, N.D. Cal., Filed January 20, 2026 • 42 min read Lyft Knew. Lyft Charged. Lyft Kept the Money. Now Riders Are Suing. A federal class action filed January 20, 2026 lays out how Lyft’s own…
TL;DR A class action lawsuit alleges Kradle, LLC, a pet products company, illegally enrolls customers into automatically renewing subscriptions without their knowledge or consent. The company’s website (kradlemypet.com) and social media ads allegedly use deceptive designs (so called “dark patterns”)…
TL;DR Delta Air Lines charges passengers up to $40 (enough to feed a family of four for two days) to upgrade ticket tiers, plus an additional $30+ (a week of subway commutes for most city workers) just to pick a…