TL;DR A corporate insider at Long Island Iced Tea Corp. allegedly tipped a business associate with secret information about the company’s pivot to “blockchain” before it went public in late 2017, triggering a stock pump. The stock promoter who received…
TL;DR Stephen Romney Swensen ran a Ponzi scheme through Crew Capital Group, LLC from at least July 2011 until his death in June 2022, stealing at least $29.3 million (enough to fully fund the retirement of over 580 average Americans)…
Investigative Report | Securities Fraud | Wall Street Corruption While You Work for a Living, Kaman Corp Insiders Were Allegedly Making Millions With a Single Tip Filed August 18, 2025 | SEC v. Cranmer, Whitesides, McCormick | Source: U.S. Securities…
TL;DR Go X, a small scooter rental company, raised $4 million (enough to fully pay off the student loans of roughly 80 average borrowers) from approximately 300 everyday investors between July 2021 and November 2023. Go X CEO Alexander Debelov…
Investigation: Securities Fraud / Insider Trading She Knew. She Bought. She Talked. A senior Elanco Animal Health employee used her company’s secret acquisition plans to profit from the stock market, then tipped off a friend, lied to regulators, and tried…
SEC Enforcement ✦ Securities Fraud ✦ Penny Stock Manipulation Shell Game: How Ongkaruck Sripetch Built a Fake Empire and Stole Millions From Everyday Investors A network of ghost companies, fabricated stock activity, and a decade-long fraud finally meets a federal…
TL;DR Benjamin Ballout, Mohamed Zayed, and William Fielding ran a textbook pump-and-dump scheme through a fake solar energy company called Enerkon Solar International, using fabricated press releases, forged bank statements, and a backdated loan document to rob everyday investors. Ballout…
Investigative Report • Data Breach • Workers’ Rights The Washington Post Exposed Its Workers’ Bank Accounts and Did Nothing For Weeks Filed: December 4, 2025 • Source: Federal Class Action Complaint, Kim v. WP Company LLC TL;DR A cyberattack on…
Investigation | Financial Fraud | Filed June 4, 2025 Your Investment Advisor Bought Himself a House With Your Money El Capitan Advisors and its CEO Andrew Nash stole $15.3 million from a single client, fabricated account statements for over a…
TL;DR David A. Nagler, sole owner of New Line Capital, LLC in Santa Fe, NM, secretly charged retirees and elderly clients fees beyond what he promised them in writing, from at least April 2019 through December 2024. Nagler collected approximately…