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#Fraud

Events indexed under #Fraud — 71 entries in the record.

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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-03-17Government Executive Investigation Reveals DOGE Staffers Fabricated White House Pressure
Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Michael McDonald · Department of Government Efficiency
confirmed
2025-12-16California Governor Newsom Launches Official State Website Tracking Trump's "Top 10 Criminal Cronies" as Direct Political Confrontation Escalates
Gavin Newsom · Donald Trump · Changpeng Zhao · Ross Ulbricht · +7
confirmed
2025-10-14Florida Officials Concealed $608 Million Federal Funding for Immigration Detention Facility
DeSantis administration · Florida officials · Federal Courts · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-10-13Pro-Trump Fund Fraudulently Markets Fake Treasury Event, Sells Sponsorships
1789 Capital · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · Corporate Sponsors
reported
2025-09-19SEC Drops Fraud Cases Against Trump Clemency Recipients, Abandoning Victims
Paul Atkins · Devon Archer · Trevor Milton · Carlos Watson · +2
reported
2024-10-16Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Settle Charges of Defrauding Pentagon, Bribing Qatar, and Patriot Contract Fraud
Raytheon · Department of Justice · Qatar · U.S. Department of Defense · +1
confirmed
2024-08-29Kylian Mbappé Twitter Account Hacked to Promote $464M Crypto Pump-and-Dump Scam
Kylian Mbappé · Unknown Hackers · Sahil Arora
confirmed
2024-02-23Federal Agents Charge Two with $400,000 NFT 'Rug Pull' Money Laundering Scheme
Devin Alan Rhoden · Berman Jerry Nowlin Jr. · HSI · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +3
confirmed
2023-11-21Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao Plead Guilty to Money Laundering in $4.3 Billion DOJ Settlement
Changpeng Zhao · Binance · Department of Justice · Merrick Garland · +6
confirmed
2023-11-02Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted on All Counts in 'One of the Biggest Financial Frauds in American History'
Sam Bankman-Fried · FTX · Alameda Research · U.S. Department of Justice · +2
confirmed
2023-01-04Varsity Blues mastermind Rick Singer sentenced to 3.5 years, $19M forfeiture
Rick Singer · Federal Prosecutors
confirmed
2022-12-12FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested, Charged with Campaign Finance Violations and $8 Billion Fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried · FTX · U.S. Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2
confirmed
2022-11-18Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Theranos Fraud, Exposing Regulatory Failures
Elizabeth Holmes · Edward Davila · U.S. Department of Justice · Theranos · +2
confirmed
2022-11-11FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Collapses in $32 Billion Fraud, Exposing Crypto Regulation Failure
Sam Bankman-Fried · FTX · Alameda Research · Changpeng Zhao · +3
confirmed
2022-06-27Three Arrows Capital Ordered Into Liquidation After $3 Billion Hedge Fund Collapse Triggers Crypto Contagion
Three Arrows Capital · Kyle Davies · Su Zhu · Monetary Authority of Singapore · +5
confirmed
2022-06-13January 6th Committee Exposes "Big Rip-Off" - $250 Million Fraudulent Fundraising Scheme
Donald Trump · Trump Campaign · Save America PAC · House January 6th Committee · +2
confirmed
2022-05-13Terraform Labs Halts Terra Blockchain After Complete Collapse of UST and LUNA Destroys $40 Billion
Do Kwon · Terraform Labs · Securities and Exchange Commission · CFTC · +3
confirmed
2022-05-09Terra's UST Algorithmic Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg, Triggering $40 Billion Death Spiral and Crypto Market Crash
Do Kwon · Terraform Labs · Securities and Exchange Commission · CFTC · +4
confirmed
2022-01-13Navient Settles for $1.85 Billion Over Student Loan Servicing Fraud - Steered Borrowers Into Costly Forbearances
Navient · Letitia James
confirmed
2022-01-03Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Convicted of Defrauding Investors in $9 Billion Fraud Scheme
Elizabeth Holmes · Theranos · U.S. Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1
confirmed
2021-10-15Tether Fined $41 Million by CFTC for Lying About Dollar Reserves Backing Stablecoin
Tether Holdings Limited · CFTC · Dawn Stump · Bitfinex · +1
confirmed
2021-07-29Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Indicted for Securities Fraud, Exposing How SPAC Loophole Enabled Investor Deception
Trevor Milton · Nikola Corporation · Securities and Exchange Commission · U.S. Department of Justice · +3
confirmed
2021-01-19Trump's Final Day Pardon Spree - 73 Pardons Including Bannon and Broidy
Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Elliott Broidy · Ken Kurson · +3
confirmed
2021-01-07Boeing Pays $2.5 Billion in Deferred Prosecution Deal, Zero Executives Charged for 346 Deaths
Department of Justice · Boeing · 346 crash victims · Victims' families · +1
confirmed
2020-06-25Wirecard Files for Insolvency After €1.9 Billion Goes Missing, Exposing Decade of EY Audit Failure and German Regulatory Capture
Wirecard · Markus Braun · Jan Marsalek · EY · +4
confirmed
2020-03-27PPP launches $800B COVID relief with minimal oversight; $200B+ fraud estimates
Small Business Administration · U.S. Treasury Department · U.S. Congress
confirmed
2020-01-09Boeing Internal Messages Released - "Designed by Clowns, Supervised by Monkeys"
Boeing employees · Federal Aviation Administration · Department of Justice · House Transportation Committee · +1
confirmed
2019-09-30WeWork Withdraws IPO After Valuation Collapses from $47 Billion to $10 Billion, Exposing Massive Corporate Governance Failure
Adam Neumann · WeWork · Securities and Exchange Commission · SoftBank · +2
confirmed
2019-03-12Operation Varsity Blues indicts 50 in largest college admissions fraud scheme
Rick Singer · Lori Loughlin · Felicity Huffman · U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling · +1
confirmed
2019-02-14Northrop Grumman Pays $5.2 Million for Fraudulent USPS Contract Labor Billing
Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · USPS Office of Inspector General
confirmed
2019-01-18Dream Center Education Holdings Enters Receivership, Art Institutes Collapse Leaves Thousands Stranded, $16 Million in Student Aid Disappeared
Dream Center Education Holdings · Art Institutes · Argosy University · South University · +5
confirmed
2018-12-10University of Phoenix Enrollment Collapses 80% After Fraud Investigations - $191M FTC Settlement
University of Phoenix · Apollo Education Group · Federal Trade Commission
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2018-11-01Northrop Grumman Pays $31.65 Million for Fraudulent Overbilling of Air Force Contracts
Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · U.S. Air Force · Defense Criminal Investigative Service · +2
confirmed
2018-04-10Judge Finalizes Trump University Settlement After Appeal Resolved, Victims Receive Payments
Gonzalo Curiel · Donald Trump
confirmed
2017-03-31Judge Curiel Approves $25 Million Trump University Settlement, Victims to Receive 90% Refunds
Gonzalo Curiel · Donald Trump
confirmed
2017-01-01Google Manipulates Ad Auctions Through "Project Bernanke" to Favor Own Exchange
Google · Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton · Publishers · Advertisers · +1
confirmed
2016-11-18Trump Settles Trump University Fraud Cases for $25 Million, 10 Days After Election Victory
Donald Trump · Gonzalo Curiel · Eric Schneiderman
confirmed
2016-06-12Walgreens Terminates Theranos Partnership After 31,000 Customers Receive Voided Test Results
Walgreens · Theranos · Elizabeth Holmes · Food and Drug Administration · +1
confirmed
2016-06-01Trump University Victims Testify to Losing Retirement Savings, Disability Income to Fraudulent Scheme
Donald Trump · Ronald Schnackenberg · George Hanus
confirmed
2016-05-31Judge Unseals Trump University Documents Revealing Predatory Sales Playbook Targeting Vulnerable Consumers
Gonzalo Curiel · Donald Trump · Ronald Schnackenberg
confirmed
2015-11-16Education Management Corporation (EDMC) Settles Largest-Ever For-Profit Education Fraud Case for $95.5 Million, Forgives $103 Million in Student Loans
Education Management Corporation (EDMC) · Art Institutes · Argosy University · Brown Mackie College · +3
confirmed
2015-10-15Wall Street Journal Exposes Theranos Blood-Testing Fraud in Landmark Investigation
John Carreyrou · Elizabeth Holmes · Theranos · Wall Street Journal · +2
confirmed
2015-07-01McKinsey and NYC Corrections Officials Rig 'Restart' Program Data at Rikers Island
McKinsey & Company · New York City Department of Correction · George Motchan Detention Center
confirmed
2015-06-18Northrop Grumman Pays $11.4 Million for Illegally Billing Executive Compensation to Federal Contracts
Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · Defense Contract Management Agency · Defense Contract Audit Agency
confirmed
2015-04-26Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Defrauding 72,000 Students - Executives Shield Assets
Corinthian Colleges · Jack Massimino
confirmed
2015-02-03S&P Settles for $1.375 Billion Over Fraudulent AAA Ratings on Junk Mortgage Securities, While Moody's Pays $864 Million, Exposing 'Issuer-Pays' Conflict of Interest Model Where 73% of 2006 AAA-Rated Securities Were Downgraded to Junk by 2010
Standard & Poor's · Moody's Investors Service · Fitch Ratings · Department of Justice · +1
confirmed
2014-06-12Federal Government Cuts Off Corinthian Colleges - 72,000 Students Trapped by Fraud
U.S. Department of Education · Corinthian Colleges · Arne Duncan
confirmed
2013-08-24New York Attorney General Sues Trump University for $40 Million, Calls It "Straight Up Fraud"
Eric Schneiderman · Donald Trump · Michael Sexton
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2012-07-30Senate Harkin Report Documents Massive Fraud and Abuse in For-Profit College Industry
Senator Tom Harkin · Senate HELP Committee · University of Phoenix · Corinthian Colleges · +4
confirmed
2010-08-04GAO Investigation Exposes Systemic For-Profit College Fraud - Industry Takes 25% of Federal Aid
U.S. Government Accountability Office · Tom Harkin
confirmed
2010-06-01Trump University Changes Name to "Trump Entrepreneur Initiative" Under Pressure from NY Education Department
Donald Trump · Michael Sexton · Joseph Frey
confirmed
2010-05-01Better Business Bureau Drops Trump University Rating to D- After Flood of Consumer Complaints
Donald Trump · Michael Sexton
confirmed
2010-04-14Robo-Signing Scandal Exposed Systematic Foreclosure Document Fraud
Bank of America · JPMorgan Chase · Wells Fargo · Citigroup · +1
confirmed
2009-12-14University of Phoenix Settles $78.5 Million False Claims Act Lawsuit for Illegal Recruiter Incentive Compensation
University of Phoenix · Apollo Group · Mary Hendow · Julie Albertson · +2
confirmed
2009-04-02Northrop Grumman Pays $325 Million for Decade of Defective Spy Satellite Parts
Northrop Grumman · TRW Inc. · Department of Justice · National Reconnaissance Office · +2
confirmed
2009-02-17SEC Finally Charges Allen Stanford with $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme After Ignoring 12 Years of Internal Warnings
Allen Stanford · Securities and Exchange Commission · Leroy King · Stanford International Bank · +1
confirmed
2008-12-11Bernie Madoff Arrested for $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme After SEC Ignored Warnings for 16 Years
Bernie Madoff · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Securities and Exchange Commission · Harry Markopolos
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2008-09-04Jack Abramoff Sentenced to 48 Months Prison and $23 Million Restitution
Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Native American Tribes · U.S. District Court · +5
confirmed
2008-08-18General Dynamics Pays $4 Million to Settle Fraud Charges for Defective Submarine and Aircraft Parts
General Dynamics · Benton J. Campbell · Defense Criminal Investigative Service · U.S. Navy
confirmed
2008-07-01Bank of America Completes $4 Billion Acquisition of Countrywide Financial After Predatory Lending and Fraud Schemes Targeting Minorities Caused $50 Billion in Losses, with CEO Angelo Mozilo Paying Only $67.5 Million SEC Settlement and Facing Zero Criminal Charges
Angelo Mozilo · Countrywide Financial · Bank of America · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2
confirmed
2006-01-03Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty in 5M Corruption Scandal
Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Bob Ney · Tom DeLay · +3
confirmed
2005-11-07Harry Markopolos Submits 'The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud' to SEC, Agency Ignores Detailed Evidence for Third Time
Harry Markopolos · Securities and Exchange Commission · Bernie Madoff
confirmed
2005-05-23Trump Launches "Trump University" Real Estate Seminars Without Academic License or Accreditation
Donald Trump · Michael Sexton
confirmed
2003-05-06Coalition Provisional Authority Loses .8B in Iraqi Oil Revenue
Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · Stuart Bowen · Halliburton · +1
confirmed
2002-02-12Tigua Casino Closes After Abramoff Double-Dealing Scheme Success
Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Tigua Tribe · Ralph Reed · +1
confirmed
1997-01-01SEC Fort Worth Examiners Identify Allen Stanford Ponzi Scheme, Enforcement Division Ignores Warnings for 12 Years
Allen Stanford · Securities and Exchange Commission · Spencer Barasch · Stanford Financial Group
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1992-01-01SEC Investigates Madoff Feeder Fund Avellino & Bienes, Misses $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme in First Regulatory Failure
Securities and Exchange Commission · Bernie Madoff · Avellino & Bienes · H. David Kotz
confirmed
1988-12-01Silverado S&L Collapses: Neil Bush Conflict of Interest Costs Taxpayers $1 Billion
Neil Bush · George H.W. Bush · Silverado Savings and Loan · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · +2
confirmed
1984-02-01Charles Keating Purchases Lincoln S&L: Systematic Fraud Network
Charles Keating · American Continental Corporation · Lincoln Savings and Loan · Keating Five Senators · +1
confirmed
1982-01-01S&L Deregulation Creates Moral Hazard: Recipe for Systematic Fraud
Ronald Reagan · Savings and Loan industry · Federal Home Loan Bank Board · Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
confirmed
1923-02-15Charles Forbes Resigns Veterans Bureau Amid Massive Corruption Scandal
Charles Forbes · Warren G. Harding · Charles F. Cramer
confirmed