Corporate Corruption Case Study: American Screening & Its Impact on Healthcare Providers Table of Contents (Author’s Note: All case-specific facts in this article are drawn solely from the legal complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission against American Screening, LLC,…
Investigative Report • Corporate Misconduct • Children’s Privacy Microsoft Harvested Children’s Data for Years Without Consent. Then Paid $20 Million to Walk Away. EvilCorporations.com • Case 2:23-cv-00836 / FTC Matter No. 1923258 • 1 min read TL;DR The violation: Microsoft…
Investigative Report • Consumer Protection They Invented Your Criminal Record to Sell You a Subscription EvilCorporations.com • FTC v. Instant Checkmate, LLC et al. (S.D. Cal., Sept. 11, 2023) • 32 min read TL;DR TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate — both…
FTC Blocks Chevron-Hess Merger Over OPEC Collusion Concerns Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project Chevron Corporation and Hess Corporation · FTC Administrative Complaint FTC Blocks Chevron-Hess Merger Over OPEC Collusion Concerns Federal regulators charge that Hess CEO’s communications with foreign oil cartel…
HOPE Services Stole Nearly $2M From Families Facing Foreclosure Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project C.C. Enterprises, Inc. (d/b/a HOPE Services) · FTC Enforcement Action HOPE Services Stole Nearly $2M From Families Facing Foreclosure FTC alleges HOPE Services and affiliated companies deceived…
FTC Slams Brakes on COVID ‘Cures’ from Precision Patient Outcomes TL;DR The Facts: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took legal action against Precision Patient Outcomes, Inc. and its CEO, Margrett Priest Lewis, resulting in a court order (Case 4:22-cv-7307-HSG) filed…
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…
FTC Enforcement Action • Case 1:22-cv-07389 Roomster’s House of Lies: How a Tech Startup Sold Fake Hope to America’s Poorest Renters EvilCorporations.com • SDNY Federal Complaint Filed August 30, 2022 • 35 min read TL;DR Roomster Corp., its two co-founders…
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…
FTC Sues Smoke Away Makers for Fake Quit Smoking Claims and Paid Actors Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project ProTouch Marketing, LLC and related entities · FTC Enforcement Action FTC Sues Smoke Away Makers for Fake Quit Smoking Claims and Paid Actors…