Investigations
Every investigation we've published, newest first — each one built on primary documents and classified under our evidence standard.
Corporations — 10 April 2026 — 6 min read
Telos Corporation continued representing a significant government cybersecurity contract as a source of ongoing revenue in investor communications after management learned the contract would not be renewed — a disclosure gap that regulators found materially misled investors.
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Corporations — 8 April 2026 — 6 min read
Three spokespeople were paid more than $300,000 to appear as independent experts demonstrating ADT's security products. The FTC's settlement requires the company to remove the endorsements and disclose future paid relationships.
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Corporations — 4 April 2026 — 6 min read
Federal investigators found Alliance Healthcare Staffing systematically excluded housing and meal stipends from overtime base calculations for travel nurses and paid below the rates those nurses had been contracted to receive, generating $4.2 million in unpaid wages.
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Corporations — 2 April 2026 — 5 min read
An Oklahoma man raised $7.8 million through two investment funds he created and solely controlled — then, according to the SEC, transferred nearly all of it into his own personal accounts.
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Corporations — 28 March 2026 — 6 min read
Solar Mosaic originated residential solar loans that embedded a dealer fee into the loan principal without disclosing to borrowers that they were paying interest on money they would never receive — a practice regulators found deceptive under federal consumer protection law.
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Corporations — 25 March 2026 — 6 min read
The FTC alleged Air AI sold small businesses and entrepreneurs on inflated promises of growth and earnings. The company is now permanently banned from marketing business opportunities of any kind.
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Corporations — 21 March 2026 — 7 min read
Maximus Federal Services, which manages Medicaid enrollment for multiple states under federal contracts, agreed to pay $30 million to resolve allegations that it billed for enrollment work it did not perform and overstated staff hours in contract billing records.
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Fraud & Deception — 16 March 2026 — 5 min read
TruHeight marketed supplements claiming to support height growth in children and teenagers. The FTC alleges the effectiveness claims were unsubstantiated — and that many of the glowing reviews came from the company's own employees or discount-seeking customers.
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Public Figures — 13 March 2026 — 6 min read
Gordon Pellman used his position as investment adviser to transfer assets from elderly clients — including individuals with documented cognitive decline — to accounts he controlled over a period spanning several years before regulators identified the pattern.
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Corporations — 12 March 2026 — 7 min read
The Justice Department alleges Aetna ran chart-review programs that added diagnosis codes when they increased Medicare payments, while ignoring the same reviews when they showed the company had been overpaid.
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Public Figures — 8 March 2026 — 5 min read
A Notre Dame football coach lost his job within five days of a fabricated master's degree being exposed. An MIT dean of admissions built a 28-year career on degrees she never earned. Both cases illustrate how long credential fraud can persist before anyone checks.
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Fraud & Deception — 6 March 2026 — 6 min read
Coastal Home Warranty enrolled homeowners in service contracts through misleading promotional offers, then enforced a cancellation process so burdensome that regulators found it violated federal negative-option and unfair practice standards.
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