Every investigation we've published, newest first — each one built on primary documents and classified under our evidence standard.
The SEC once accused Justin Sun of manipulating markets and secretly paying celebrities to hype his tokens. In 2026, the case ended not with a finding of fraud, but with a $10 million fine paid by one of his companies — and every other charge dropped.
Read the full report →Fitness franchisor Xponential Fitness — parent of brands including Club Pilates and StretchLab — will return $17 million to franchisees under an FTC settlement over Franchise Rule violations and related deceptive practices.
Read the full report →The FTC and New York's Attorney General allege gig-work platform Handy — now doing business as Angi Services — advertised earnings that didn't reflect reality for most workers, while failing to clearly disclose fees that reduced their pay.
Read the full report →NorthStar Realty Partners presented investors with falsified account statements and forged appraisal documents showing a functioning real estate portfolio. Investigators say nearly all the money raised from retirees was misappropriated or lost.
Read the full report →The Federal Trade Commission and 11 states alleged Walmart cost delivery drivers tens of millions of dollars by misrepresenting how much they would earn — and by keeping customer tips it promised would go entirely to drivers.
Read the full report →The FTC has escalated its litigation against Uber, adding a civil penalty claim and 21 state attorneys general as co-plaintiffs to allegations that the company's UberOne membership program violates federal law on subscription cancellation.
Read the full report →Veritas Medical Solutions paid physicians to authorize durable medical equipment for patients who had not requested it, then billed Medicare for the items — a pattern regulators identified as systematic fraud on the federal health program.
Read the full report →The District of Columbia's Attorney General secured a settlement requiring the NRA Foundation to operate independently from its parent organization, after alleging the charity had been used as what the AG called "an unchecked piggy bank."
Read the full report →The FTC spent years building the case for a nationwide noncompete ban. A single federal judge in Texas struck it down days before it was set to take effect — and the agency eventually gave up the fight entirely.
Read the full report →Walmart and Kohl's agreed to pay a combined $5.5 million to the FTC after being accused of marketing ordinary rayon textile products as bamboo — a case that became a landmark test of the FTC's authority to seek monetary penalties for environmental marketing claims.
Read the full report →Federal investigators found American Pacific Mortgage generated mortgage applications from majority-minority neighborhoods at rates far below comparable lenders in the same markets, a pattern consistent with unlawful redlining under the Fair Housing Act.
Read the full report →The SEC's case against Archer-Daniels-Midland describes a simple mechanism behind a complex fraud: when a business unit's profits fell short of what executives had promised Wall Street, the company allegedly moved money between its own divisions until the numbers matched.
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