Investigations
Every investigation we've published, newest first — each one built on primary documents and classified under our evidence standard.
Institutions — 24 July 2026 — 6 min read
State behavioral health regulators found Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital had unlicensed staff members providing individual and group therapy sessions that the hospital billed to Medicaid and commercial insurers as services rendered by licensed clinical professionals — a misrepresentation of provider credentials in billing submissions.
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Corporations — 23 July 2026 — 7 min read
Investigations by state attorneys general and federal housing agencies found FirstKey Homes charged tenants mandatory fees for technology packages and property services that were not disclosed during the leasing process or that were added to lease obligations without tenants' clear agreement.
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Fraud & Deception — 22 July 2026 — 6 min read
State regulators found Greenwich Loan Services misinformed private student loan borrowers about available repayment alternatives and income-sensitive payment options — steering borrowers who qualified for modified repayment programs into delinquency and default rather than into relief they were entitled to seek.
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Corporations — 21 July 2026 — 6 min read
Regulators found Marathon Digital Holdings made material misstatements in investor communications about the energy costs and hardware efficiency metrics of its Bitcoin mining operations — figures that form the basis of investor analysis of mining company profitability and that Marathon's disclosures described in terms that did not reflect actual operating conditions.
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Institutions — 20 July 2026 — 7 min read
Seventeen elite American universities were accused of colluding through a shared "Consensus Methodology" that allegedly inflated the cost of attendance for financial aid applicants. Twelve have now settled for nearly $320 million; five, including MIT and Georgetown, are headed to trial.
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Media — 20 July 2026 — 8 min read
A joke edit about a jester slapping a king's buttocks. A fabricated claim that a comedian worked at Goldman Sachs. A cabinet secretary's invented war record. All three became 'documented fact' the same way — through a loop, not through evidence.
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Corporations — 19 July 2026 — 7 min read
Universal Health Services resolved whistleblower False Claims Act allegations for $117 million covering its behavioral health hospital units — where former employees alleged patients were admitted who did not meet psychiatric necessity criteria and billed services were not delivered at the staffing levels the billing implied.
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Fraud & Deception — 17 July 2026 — 7 min read
Gateway Real Estate Fund IV raised $34 million by offering investors interests in self-storage properties already pledged as collateral in earlier Gateway funds — simultaneously encumbering the same assets with multiple investor claims and using incoming capital to make distributions that concealed the scheme's collapse.
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Corporations — 16 July 2026 — 7 min read
The Justice Department says Labcorp routinely billed Medicare for both presumptive and definitive drug tests on the same patient sample on the same day — a combination that made some of the testing medically unnecessary.
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Corporations — 16 July 2026 — 7 min read
Lineage Logistics, the world's largest temperature-controlled warehousing company, faced antitrust review of acquisitions that regulators found eliminated meaningful cold storage competition in specific regional markets, leaving food producers with reduced options for storage capacity critical to the food supply chain.
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Fraud & Deception — 16 July 2026 — 7 min read
The Justice Department alleges Redi-Bag USA and its CEO directed employees to cover up 'Made in China' markings and canceled shipments about to be inspected, all to avoid a duty of more than 77 percent on plastic retail bags.
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Corporations — 16 July 2026 — 7 min read
Multi-state investigations found that Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing system and fee practices produced final purchase prices that bore little relationship to the prices advertised in search results and event listings — with consumers frequently paying double the face value shown when they first clicked on a ticket.
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