Every investigation we've published, newest first — each one built on primary documents and classified under our evidence standard.
The DOJ alleged Genesis Medical Imaging paid physicians above-market reading fees and provided other inducements to steer diagnostic imaging referrals to its facilities rather than to competing radiology providers.
Read the full report →The listings promised a worry-free leasing lifestyle and pre-inspected homes. Regulators say tenants moved into properties with sewage backups and rodent droppings, then paid undisclosed fees on top of rent that could run $1,700 a year.
Read the full report →The DOJ found Wellpath — the dominant provider of healthcare services to jails and prisons — had billed government correctional facilities for medical services not actually provided to incarcerated patients, while simultaneously failing to meet the contractual care standards that the government health contracts required.
Read the full report →Regulators say a program called Blueprint to Wealth offered recruits little beyond the chance to earn commissions for recruiting still more people. One of its operators is now permanently barred from telemarketing.
Read the full report →NuVasive agreed to pay $13.5 million to the DOJ to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the company's consulting and royalty arrangements with spine surgeons constituted illegal kickbacks that induced use of NuVasive spinal implants in Medicare-billed procedures.
Read the full report →Consumers paid tens of thousands of dollars to launch AI-powered online stores. The FTC alleges the promised profits never materialized — and that Ascend pressured buyers to delete negative reviews.
Read the full report →DoNotPay marketed itself as the world's first robot lawyer and sold small businesses a website legal-compliance scan. The FTC found the company never tested whether either actually worked.
Read the full report →Buyers paid up to $35,000 for a 'done for you' online store marketed as an AI-powered path to a million-dollar business. The FTC says the company has no evidence the income claims are true.
Read the full report →When Passive Scaling drew lawsuits and refund demands, its operator allegedly rebranded as FBA Machine and kept making the same guaranteed-income promises — this time with an AI-powered label attached.
Read the full report →The FTC alleged Rehabilitation of Illinois used telemarketers to sell door-reinforcement hardware to seniors through misrepresentations about the company's identity, the products' function, and the total costs involved.
Read the full report →Rytr's AI writing assistant could generate a detailed, specific consumer review from almost no real input. The FTC says some subscribers used it to produce tens of thousands of reviews that were likely false.
Read the full report →One scheme billed people more than the advertised price for CBD and keto products they'd agreed to buy. Another charged a small shipping fee for a "free" gift, then kept billing afterward. Together they brought in more than $200 million.
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