Corporate Crime Blotter

Apr 13: NYAG: Marketing for #SmartCandy “vitamin-infused snack” seems unsubstantiated /misleading / deceptive & thus illegal http://t.co/KcHXm95Yue |
Apr 13: French prosecutors have expanded their #HSBC #taxfraud probe from its Swiss subsidiary to the global holding company http://t.co/Xt03QHml9a |
Apr 10: FCC probing persistent #Verizon “#supercookies” that track cellphone users’ activities #NeverSettle via @consumerist http://t.co/RfTxVQLS3P |
Apr 9: Utah passes #whitecollarcrime registry for securities & mortgage #fraud, #moneylaundering felons (via @moonlover6165) http://t.co/jHeq1iuJWu |
Apr 9: CA agency fines #PGE $1.6 BILLION for 2010 gas explosion that killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes #martyrsofgreed http://t.co/c9g2csm0jT |
Apr 9: Austrian “class action” lawsuit says #Facebook violates EU #dataprivacy laws — including aiding #NSA #surveillance http://t.co/hiBI3JuCYC |
Apr 8: FCC fines #ATT $25 MILLION for lax #datasecurity that enabled employee #IDtheft for 280K customers (via @consumerist) http://t.co/AuSFn3n1v9 |
Apr 7: Consumer groups file #FTC complaint: #YouTubeKids is “advertising masquerading as programming” (via @commercialfree) http://t.co/C33WJOSYHL |
Apr 7: Chinese environmentalist claims the date, signature, and contents of #Monsanto’s #Roundup toxicity report were forged http://t.co/CauaCsmuiy |
Apr 7: FCC fines #CenturyLink $16 MILLON (and #Intrado $1.4 million) for the same 911 outage that cost #Verizon $3.4 million http://t.co/RuPLYVZixL |