Every investigation we've published, newest first — each one built on primary documents and classified under our evidence standard.
Telemarketers promised broad provider networks, no visit limits, and coverage for pre-existing conditions. Regulators say none of it matched the actual short-term health plans being sold — and consumers were charged without ever agreeing to it.
Read the full report →A tool marketed to catch AI-generated writing was itself making an unsubstantiated claim. The FTC found Workado's '98 percent accurate' detector was trained almost entirely on academic text and performed far worse everywhere else.
Read the full report →The domain name implied a connection to the Affordable Care Act. A paid actor played a doctor in a scripted news segment. Regulators say it was all built to harvest consumer data and sell it to telemarketers.
Read the full report →During the height of the pandemic, a marketer promised quick delivery of N95 masks and other protective gear. Regulators say the promise was hollow — and five years later, they're still tracking down his assets to pay back the people he never refunded.
Read the full report →Borrowers were told their payments would go toward their federal loan balance. Regulators say the company had no such affiliation — and the money went to its four owners instead.
Read the full report →During the height of pandemic fear, Frank Romero promised fast N95 mask delivery. What arrived, when anything did, was often cloth. Four years and multiple court orders later, regulators are still collecting.
Read the full report →Consumers searching for Affordable Care Act plans landed on sites named ObamacarePlans.com. What they often bought instead were limited-benefit plans that left them with surprise medical bills.
Read the full report →Social media posts showed luxury cars and vacations, funded — the pitch claimed — by forex trading profits and recruiting commissions. Investigators say the actual trading results rarely matched the lifestyle.
Read the full report →An online storefront program that promised AI-powered passive income had already failed once, under a different name. Regulators say its operator simply rebranded and kept collecting fees.
Read the full report →Not every debt relief scheme makes national headlines. This one was quietly banned from the industry entirely — and nearly two years later, regulators were still tracking down the money to send back.
Read the full report →A debt relief operation didn't just make false promises — it allegedly pretended to be the very banks and government agencies its targets, many of them seniors and veterans, already trusted.
Read the full report →Two companies operating under a rotating cast of names allegedly pretended to be the federal government, collected illegal fees from struggling borrowers, and promised loan forgiveness they had no ability to deliver.
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