Investigations
Every investigation we've published, newest first — each one built on primary documents and classified under our evidence standard.
Fraud & Deception — 2 June 2026 — 7 min read
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 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 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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Institutions — 30 May 2026 — 7 min read
BayMark Health Services billed Medicaid for individual counseling sessions at its opioid treatment clinics that its own contemporaneous records showed did not occur, generating tens of millions in false claims for a service the program requires as a condition of methadone dispensing.
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Fraud & Deception — 30 May 2026 — 7 min read
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'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
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 — 7 min read
Medical device maker Edwards Lifesciences acquired a heart-valve competitor before regulators finished reviewing whether the deal was anticompetitive. The $12 million penalty is a reminder that merger review timelines are not optional.
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Fraud & Deception — 28 May 2026 — 8 min read
The loan program was built for small businesses. Five South Carolina manufacturers with German, Japanese, and Dutch parent companies allegedly counted only their U.S. headcount — leaving out the employees that would have disqualified them.
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Institutions — 28 May 2026 — 8 min read
Oglethorpe's own consultants identified Medicare overpayments tied to patients admitted for inpatient psychiatric care they didn't qualify for. The government says the company kept the money anyway — and this wasn't the first time.
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Corporations — 28 May 2026 — 6 min read
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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Public Figures — 27 May 2026 — ? min read
She has a real nonprofit, a real book catalogue, and two genuine Forbes bylines. The magazines that profiled her are a different story: fake versions of Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, and Forbes, a pay-for-placement network registered in the Cook Islands, and outlets that sell coverage to anyone who pays. We verified each one individually.
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