RICO

November 7, 2024 A federal judge has dismissed a class action that alleged retailers and manufacturers misled consumers by marketing over-the-counter medicines with phenylephrine as effective nasal decongestants.

November 4, 2024 Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $185 million to settle a class action that alleged the bank placed customers’ mortgages into forbearance without consent.

September 26, 2024 A class action claims Walmart has enabled, profited from and failed to prevent a form of organized retail crime on Walmart Marketplace.

September 5, 2024 A class action alleges several companies have conspired to artificially inflate, fix or manipulate the price of finished PVC pipes sold in the U.S.

August 30, 2024 A class action accuses EastLineLending.com of engaging in an unlawful “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby Indiana residents are issued loans with illegal interest rates.

August 8, 2024 A class action claims online lender OppFi has violated federal and state laws by issuing loans with excessive interest rates to Illinois residents.

August 6, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Mary Mahoney’s has defrauded consumers by mislabeling and selling nearly 59,000 pounds of cheap frozen foreign fish as fresh seafood.

August 1, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges OnlyFans has deceived subscribers who, unbeknownst to them, communicate with paid chatters, and not actual creators themselves.

June 17, 2024 A class action lawsuit accuses Grand Canyon University of repeatedly lying about the true cost of its doctoral programs.

June 6, 2024 A class action lawsuit that alleges Kars4Kids has deceived consumers into donating their vehicles for 'undisclosed and misrepresented purposes.'

May 8, 2024 Greenline Loans faces a class action over an alleged “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby the online lender has purportedly issued illegal loans to Illinois residents.

April 23, 2024 A consumer claims in a class action that the entities behind FastDayLoans.com have issued to Illinois residents illegal, high-interest loans.

February 9, 2024 AvailBlue.com faces a class action over an alleged “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby the online lender has issued to Illinois residents loans with unlawfully high interest rates.

February 8, 2024 A consumer alleges she purchased from Cloud 9 Online Smoke & Vape and other sellers delta-8 vape pens that contained an unlawful concentration of delta-9 THC.

February 1, 2024 A class action claims LendUMo.com is involved in an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby consumers have been issued loans with excessive interest rates.

January 9, 2024 A class action accuses FCA US and Cummins of selling 2013-2023 Ram 2500 and 3500 diesel trucks equipped with undisclosed, unauthorized emissions control devices.

January 9, 2024 A proposed class action accuses StubHub of defrauding consumers by “knowingly” advertising and brokering the sale of fraudulent tickets.

December 7, 2023 A class action alleges the companies behind WithULoans.com run an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby Illinois residents are issued loans with unlawfully high interest rates.

November 20, 2023 A class action claims online lender Helix Financial and its partner bank have engaged in a “rent-a-bank” scheme whereby they issue loans with illegal interest rates to Georgia residents.

October 9, 2023 A class action accuses those behind online lender TheLoansmith.com of operating an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme in an attempt to make loans with unlawful interest rates to Indiana residents.

October 6, 2023 A class action claims the operator of online lender LittleLakeLending.com is part of an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby Illinois residents are issued loans with excessive interest rates.

October 4, 2023 A class action claims the operators of online lender BlueTrustLoans.com are behind an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they issue loans with unlawful interest rates to Illinois residents.

August 31, 2023 A class action claims Roblox Corporation has conspired with the operators of three gambling websites to facilitate an illegal gambling enterprise targeted at children through Roblox’s online gaming platform and digital currency.

June 5, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the operators Makwa Finance and certain affiliates of the online lender are involved in an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they have extended loans with unlawful interest rates to Illinois residents.

May 26, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the owners of online lender FoxHillsCash.com are behind an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they have issued loans with unlawful interest rates to Illinois residents.

May 8, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims online lenders Evergreen Services and LDF Holdings, LLC are engaged in an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they have issued to Illinois residents loans with unlawful interest rates.

April 6, 2023 A class action accuses three individuals and MBR Farms of forcing migrant workers into farm labor in southeastern Georgia during the 2021 blueberry harvest season.

March 23, 2023 A class action claims the operators of online lender AscendLoans.com are engaged in a “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they’ve issued to Illinois residents “predatory” loans with illegal interest rates.

March 1, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims online lenders Eagle Valley Lending and Fast Auto Loans are behind a “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they issue “predatory” loans with unlawful interest rates to Illinois residents.

February 24, 2023 A lawsuit claims the CommuniCare Family of Companies has failed to pay proper overtime to registered nurses recruited from the Philippines and threatened to sue the workers if they quit before repaying $16,000 in so-called immigration expenses.

February 21, 2023 A victim of the 2022 Nomad Bridge hack has sued the bridge’s operator and the entities in possession of the cryptographic keys needed to access the highly valuable crypto asset-moving pathway.

December 8, 2022 A class action alleges VBit Technologies, Advanced Mining Group and several individuals engaged in a fraudulent Bitcoin mining scam that in reality functioned as “a massive Ponzi scheme."

December 7, 2022 Actelion Pharmaceuticals faces a class action that alleges the company has illegally schemed to raise the unit price and quantity dispersed of certain high blood pressure drugs.

October 4, 2022 A class action alleges Sentara RMH Medical Center and United Healthcare have overcharged patients for services rendered at Sentara’s outpatient centers.

October 3, 2022 More than a dozen plaintiffs allege they were scammed into paying Just a Bit of Coin, Ltd for Bitcoin mining machines that the company never intended to deliver.

July 13, 2022 A class action alleges Steep Hill Inc. has violated federal racketeering law by intentionally overstating the amount of THC in the marijuana it sells to medical patients in Arkansas.

June 1, 2022 Penn Capital Funding, MapCap Funding and those who run the merchant cash advance companies face a class action over their alleged use of an apparent loophole in Connecticut law to collect upon unlawful debts.

May 16, 2022 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Acella Pharmaceuticals has for years falsely advertised its NP Thyroid medication.

April 12, 2022 The individuals and tribal entities behind payday lender 500FastCash face a proposed class action over their alleged practice of charging illegal, usurious interest rates on loans in nearly every state.

March 29, 2022 A class action alleges SMART Alabama and AGWM United have for years “cheated the United States immigration system” to employ Mexican nationals as underpaid auto parts production line workers.

March 16, 2022 A class action alleges online payday lender FirstLoan.com has illegally tried to skirt Illinois usury laws by claiming to be affiliated with a small Native American tribe.

March 7, 2022 A class action alleges Peoples Gas, WEC Energy Group and a public relations firm have conspired to conceal and misrepresent the scope of the contamination of an underground aquifer in rural Illinois.

January 27, 2022 A class action alleges West Side Lending has attempted to hide behind a purported affiliation with the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin in making loans with usurious interest rates.

January 19, 2022 A proposed class action alleges PayPal has unilaterally seized funds from users’ accounts without cause or any fair or due process.

January 7, 2022 A class action alleges Bright Lending wrongfully holds itself out as owned and operated by a Native American tribe so as to charge borrowers exorbitant interest rates on small loans.

January 5, 2022 A class action alleges the NFL and the NY Giants and NY Jets have “siphoned” billions from interstate commerce by branding the New Jersey-located franchises as New York teams.

December 14, 2021 A class action alleges payday lender AvailBlue has operated what can be described as a rent-a-tribe scheme to charge usurious interest rates on small loans.

November 3, 2021 A class action alleges Bank of America has used a fee-maximizing automated servicing platform to charge defaulted or at-risk-of-default borrowers for multiple, repetitive property inspections.

September 30, 2021 A class action alleges RoFX.net and a cadre of shell cos. have run “nothing more than a front” for a massive scheme whereby they’ve defrauded investors worldwide.

September 1, 2021 A class action aims to represent the victims of an alleged $110 million Ponzi scheme supposedly conceived and perpetrated by investment advisers at Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.’s Atlanta office.