FTC v. Rollins, Inc. // Section 5, FTC Act The Federal Trade Commission charged Rollins, Inc. with running a blanket non-compete regime across its 700-plus U.S. locations. The FTC’s own complaint documents how it worked: every new hire signed, nobody…
EvilCorporations.com / Investigation TL;DR The Federal Trade Commission and eight states sued the three biggest US ad-buying companies, Dentsu, WPP Media (GroupM), and Publicis, accusing them of secretly agreeing to stop competing over which news sites their clients’ ads could…
EvilCorporations.com / Antitrust Files The company that already runs most of America’s workplace mini-marts tried to buy its only real competitor. The Federal Trade Commission stepped in. Here is who the deal was built to squeeze, in the government’s own…
Investigation · Consumer Deception They Sold China As America A flagpole company stamped “100% Made in USA” on products built entirely from Chinese parts, kept selling them after a federal warning, then settled for a fraction of the harm and…
The Passive-Income Dream Had a Price Tag: The FTC Case Against Publishing.com FTC Matter No. 242-3055. Respondents: Publishing.com, LLC (f/k/a PublishingLife.com, LLC) of Austin, Texas; Christian Mikkelsen, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer; Rasmus Mikkelsen, co-founder and Chief Product Officer. Consent…
TL;DR The Federal Trade Commission sued MLM recruiter Stormy Wellington on April 13, 2026 for making deceptive income claims while recruiting for two multi-level marketing companies: Total Life Changes (TLC) and Farmasi. 76.8% of TLC participants earned zero compensation in…
FTC Enforcement / Consumer Fraud / Tech Deception Your Phone Was Never Listening. They Charged You Anyway. A Wisconsin marketing firm sold small businesses on a surveillance fantasy: AI that could hear potential customers speaking and target them in real…
TL;DR Vanilla Chip LLC, operating as TruHeight, sold dietary supplements priced at $25 to $120 per unit, targeting parents of children and teenagers with claims the pills cause measurable height growth. The FTC found these claims false and unsubstantiated. The…
Federal Trade Commission // Advertising Fraud // Surveillance Capitalism Your Phone Was Never Listening. They Charged You Like It Was. EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk | Source: FTC Docket No. CDECISION, MindSift LLC TL;DR MindSift LLC, a New Hampshire marketing company, sold…
CVS Caremark Accused of Operating Criminal Enterprise to Defraud Union Health Plans TL;DR A roofers union health plan filed a federal class action lawsuit accusing CVS Caremark of operating a criminal racketeering enterprise to defraud union health plans, employers, and…