Former Trump cabinet member has $90,000 consulting deal with questionable...
Former Interior Secretary Ryan K. Zinke, who resigned last year amid multiple ethics investigations, is a consultant for a mining company created and financed by people now facing fraud charges. Zinke...
View ArticleDo cbdMD Inc.’s celebrity endorsers know who they’re doing business with?
Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, who refers to himself on Twitter as a Christian, husband, daddy and golfer – in that order — has lent his name and reputation to a public company run jointly by...
View ArticleHot Covid-19 test company has ties to offshore boiler rooms
Shares of Co-Diagnostics Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX) have risen tenfold since January, when the company announced it had completed preliminary design work on a new Covid-19 test. Co-Diagnostics, which has only...
View ArticlePretenders and Ghosts, revisited: Stealth promotion network linked to more...
Two fraud cases tied to pump-and-dump schemes that generated nearly $200 million in proceeds have cast additional light on hundreds of tout articles that stock promoters surreptitiously placed on...
View ArticleSolarWindow Technologies Inc.: A green-energy company with multiple red flags
By Caleb Hannan SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. (OTC: WNDW) is the latest iteration of a company that in 23 years of existence has never made a product, never booked an order, and never generated a...
View ArticleJohn McAfee indicted in cryptocurrency case
Cybersecurity pioneer John McAfee has been indicted on fraud and money-laundering charges in connection with what the Justice Department described as a scheme to manipulate cryptocurrency prices....
View ArticleJudge issues partial summary judgment against cbdMD Inc. funder
A federal judge has issued a partial summary judgment against Abraham “Avi” Mirman, in connection with a fraud and manipulation case involving the sale of unregistered shares in Liberty Silver Corp....
View ArticleEnochian Biosciences: Stunning murder allegations raise fresh questions about...
By Caleb Hannan Last Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of a Turkish-born biotech entrepreneur named Serhat Gumrukcu. Gumrukcu, the government alleged, had conspired to hire a...
View ArticleCo-Diagnostics update: Documents in federal criminal case reveal details of...
Recidivist securities offender Joshua Yafa was behind a promotional campaign that helped lift the share price of Co-Diagnostics Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX) from less than $1 a share to nearly $30 a share in...
View ArticleEHang Holdings: Early employees say culture of corner-cutting, casual ethics...
By Caleb Hannan @calebhannan on X Nov. 17, 2023 Last week, Hindenburg Research published a long report on EHang Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: EH), a Chinese-based, U.S.-listed eVTOL start-up. EHang makes...
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