Every investigation we've published, newest first — each one built on primary documents and classified under our evidence standard.
More than 40,000 people are getting refunds after Cerebral allegedly slow-walked cancellation requests while continuing to bill them, and separately shared their mental health data with advertisers.
Read the full report →The tool promised 98.3% accuracy telling human writing from AI-generated text. Regulators say it was trained almost entirely on academic essays — and performed barely better than a coin flip on anything else.
Read the full report →PGI Global told investors their money was funding sophisticated crypto and forex trading generating guaranteed daily profits. The SEC says it was a Ponzi scheme wrapped in a referral pyramid, and the founder spent millions of it on luxury cars.
Read the full report →The FTC found that accessiBe's accessWidget plug-in did not reliably make websites compliant with accessibility guidelines despite marketing claims — and that the company dressed up paid endorsements as independent reviews.
Read the full report →Sweepstakes are supposed to require no purchase to enter or win. The FTC says Publishers Clearing House's marketing told consumers something different, and more than half a million of them are now getting refund checks.
Read the full report →Nate's app promised shoppers a magic AI checkout button. According to federal prosecutors, human contract workers in the Philippines and Romania were manually completing the purchases the whole time — and investors never knew.
Read the full report →An online career training program targeted servicemembers and their spouses with promises about job placement, externships, and hiring partnerships. Regulators say the reviews backing those promises were bought.
Read the full report →The app promised quick cash advances sized by an AI risk model. Regulators say it misled users about how much they'd actually get and when — and made it nearly impossible to cancel if you still owed money.
Read the full report →The FTC and multiple state attorneys general alleged that Alchemy 3, the sole technology contractor for Powerball ticket-printing systems, used its monopoly position to charge lottery commissions fees that reduced the money available for public programs.
Read the full report →A nationwide network of door-to-door dealers sold water softeners and filtration systems on financing plans. Regulators say consumers routinely misunderstood what those loans actually cost.
Read the full report →Consumers ran a free scan and saw alarming error messages about their computer's health. The FTC says those warnings were fabricated, part of a scheme that pulled in more than $25 million before regulators intervened.
Read the full report →Career Step marketed itself through Military.com and military-sponsored events with promises of job placement and employer hiring partnerships. The FTC found those claims didn't hold up, and canceled nearly $28 million in unpaid student balances.
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