Billy McFarland has admitted that he forged documents and lied to investors to convince them to pour a total of $ 26 million into his company and the now infamous Fyre Festival. He was arrested last year after what he touted as “the cultural experience of the decade” in the Bahamas turned out to be […]
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Western leaders misled Gorbachev with promises that NATO wouldn’t expand – released archives
In 1990, Western politicians repeatedly assured Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO wouldn’t expand east of Germany’s borders, but broke that promise less than a decade later, say insider archives from both sides of negotiations following the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. Researchers from the respected George Washington University-based National Security Archive, which specializes in […]
PSA Group Wants a Refund, Saying General Motors Misled It on Opel/Vauxhall Emissions
– Ever pay cash for a used car, only to have it fail inspection because the seller neglected to inform you of missing or nonworking emissions equipment? Makes you want to demand your money back. That’s how the PSA Group is feeling about Opel and Vauxhall, which it purchased from General Motors in August. – […]
Zenefits founder Parker Conrad will pay $500,000 to settle SEC charges alleging he misled investors
Zenefits The SEC announced on Thursday that it reached a settlement with Parker Conrad, founder of Zenefits, over allegations that the company lied to investors about if employees were properly licensed to sell insurance. Conrad is personally on the hook to pay over half a million in fines. The SEC also settled with Zenefits, which will […]
Analysis of 187 documents concludes Exxon “misled the public” on climate change
Enlarge / Oil processing towers and gas processing infrastructure stand at the Exxon Mobil Corp. (credit: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images) A review of 187 ExxonMobil documents, published by two Harvard researchers on Wednesday, has found that the company ”misled the public” on climate change. The documents included internal papers published by journalists at InsideClimate News […]
More Evidence Exxon Misled the Public About Climate Change
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Lawyer: Cops “deliberately misled” judge who seemingly signed off on stingray
Enlarge / An Oakland Police patrol car sits in front of the Oakland Police headquarters on December 6, 2012 in Oakland, California. (credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images News) OAKLAND, Calif.—Defense attorney Martha Boersch has strong words for federal law enforcement’s warrantless use of cell-site simulators, better known as stingrays. Her client, Purvis Ellis, charged […]
Uber will shell out $20M to settle claims it misled drivers over wages
Uber has agreed to pay $ 20 million over claims made by the Federal Trade Commission that it recruited drivers with false information about how much they could earn in the job. The post Uber will shell out $ 20M to settle claims it misled drivers over wages appeared first on Digital Trends. Cars–Digital Trends
