Investigations

Every investigation we've published, newest first — each one built on primary documents and classified under our evidence standard.

Topics Corporations·Government·Institutions·Public Figures·Fraud & Deception·Media
Fraud & Deception — 2 June 2026 — 7 min read

CreatorU Income Share Agreements: The Online Education Company That Buried Debt Obligations in 'Free' Tuition Offers

CreatorU advertised 'free tuition' for its online creator economy courses while enrolling students in income share agreements — debt instruments requiring students to pay a percentage of their future income for years — without adequately disclosing that 'free tuition' meant taking on a financing obligation.

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Corporations — 1 June 2026 — 7 min read

Harley-Davidson: The Motorcycle Company That Sold a Tune-Up Device That Voided Emissions Compliance and Voided Competitors' Warranties

Harley-Davidson sold a performance tuning device that caused its motorcycles to exceed federal emissions limits — and threatened to void customer warranties if they used non-Harley-Davidson parts, a restriction that violates federal law protecting consumers' right to use aftermarket parts without losing warranty coverage.

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Corporations — 31 May 2026 — 7 min read

Opendoor Technologies: Homeowners Who Took the 'Cash Offer' Made Less Than if They Had Listed Traditionally — and Weren't Told

Opendoor Technologies told home sellers its instant cash offers were based on fair market value and would net them as much as a traditional listing — while its own data showed most sellers received materially less than they would have by listing with an agent, a gap the company's advertising obscured.

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Fraud & Deception — 30 May 2026 — 7 min read

BYJU'S: The Ed-Tech Giant's U.S. Sales Force Told Parents Their Children Would Fall Behind Without a Subscription They Couldn't Afford to Cancel

BYJU'S U.S. sales teams pressured parents into expensive educational content subscriptions using false urgency, misleading financing disclosures, and suggestions that children would fall behind academically without the product — then made cancellation extremely difficult for families who wanted out.

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Fraud & Deception — 29 May 2026 — 7 min read

Passport Auto Group: The Mid-Atlantic Dealership Chain That Added Thousands in Unwanted Fees After Customers Agreed on a Price

Passport Auto Group's finance offices added thousands of dollars in add-on products — paint protection, tire warranties, gap insurance — to vehicle purchase contracts after customers had negotiated a price, presenting these optional extras as standard or required charges in the final paperwork.

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Corporations — 28 May 2026 — 7 min read

Anavex Life Sciences: The Alzheimer's Drug Developer Charged With Misleading Investors About Clinical Trial Results

Regulators charged Anavex Life Sciences with selectively presenting data from its Phase 2 Alzheimer's clinical trial in investor communications — highlighting favorable subgroup findings while omitting unfavorable primary outcomes in ways that created a materially misleading picture of the drug's apparent efficacy.

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Corporations — 28 May 2026 — 6 min read

Perion Network: The Digital Advertising Company Charged With Delivering Invalid Traffic to Advertisers Paying for Human Audiences

Perion Network sold digital advertising impressions to brand advertisers based on representations that the traffic was human and brand-safe, while a portion of the delivered impressions regulators identified were generated by automated bots and invalid traffic sources rather than genuine human audiences.

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