Investigations
Every investigation we've published, newest first — each one built on primary documents and classified under our evidence standard.
Corporations — 23 April 2026 — 7 min read
A footwear brand told customers its boots were “handcrafted 100%” in the United States, heel-to-toe. A federal complaint traces components to factories in the Dominican Republic and Brazil.
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Corporations — 22 April 2026 — 5 min read
The SEC alleges Massachusetts-based Allarity Therapeutics failed to disclose to investors a harsh critique the FDA had leveled at the company's flagship cancer drug candidate — concealment that shaped how investors valued the company's core asset.
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Corporations — 22 April 2026 — 7 min read
Two companies sold American flags branded “100% Made in the USA” and “Built by Americans for Americans.” A federal complaint says several of the products were wholly imported from China.
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Corporations — 21 April 2026 — 7 min read
An electronic dartboard maker advertised its products as American-made. A federal complaint says the cameras, chips, and screens inside every unit told a different story.
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Public Figures — 20 April 2026 — 5 min read
Seven people were arrested after Delhi Police say they found a gang using telecallers, digital tools, and a made-up institute name to sell forged certificates nationwide — a low-overhead version of the same fraud seen at industrial scale elsewhere in India.
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Corporations — 20 April 2026 — 6 min read
The SEC alleges Nightingale Properties and its founder raised $60 million from roughly 700 retail investors through false representations — and that more than $52 million of it was misappropriated rather than invested.
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Fraud & Deception — 18 April 2026 — 7 min read
A cryptocurrency platform told depositors their funds would always be safe and available to withdraw. Regulators say that promise was false long before the company froze accounts and collapsed.
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Fraud & Deception — 18 April 2026 — 6 min read
Multilevel marketing company Forever Living and its top executives are now permanently barred from making deceptive earnings claims, after the FTC alleged that the vast majority of its recruited 'Forever Business Owners' never made money.
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Fraud & Deception — 18 April 2026 — 7 min read
ProHealth Hospice enrolled patients who lacked the terminal prognosis required for hospice eligibility and extended enrollment periods beyond what the clinical record supported, generating Medicare claims for hospice care that should not have been provided or billed.
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Fraud & Deception — 17 April 2026 — 5 min read
The SEC alleges a scheme run through Paramount Management Group and Prestige Investment Group defrauded approximately 2,700 investors, many of them ordinary retail investors, resulting in $400 million in total losses.
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Fraud & Deception — 15 April 2026 — 5 min read
First Liberty Building & Loan and its owner are alleged by the SEC to have defrauded roughly 300 investors of more than $140 million — one of several large-scale Ponzi cases the agency highlighted from its 2025 enforcement year.
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Fraud & Deception — 10 April 2026 — 6 min read
A 30-year industry veteran pleaded guilty to securities fraud the same day federal prosecutors and the SEC announced parallel charges over a scheme that took at least $138 million from more than 430 investors — many elderly and financially unsophisticated.
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