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{
"case_id": "us-1mdb-forfeiture",
"organization_id": "1mdb",
"authority": "US District Court for the Central District of California",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published on the releases we read",
"parties": "United States v. assets traceable to 1MDB (in rem)",
"filed": "20 July 2016",
"stage": "Low related assets resolved by the October 2019 settlement",
"outcome": "Settlement to forfeit assets worth more than US$700 million, described as the largest civil forfeiture ever concluded by the department",
"claims": "1mdb-doj-1billion 1mdb-low-settlement-absolved",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-1mdb-forfeiture/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-low-ng",
"organization_id": "1mdb",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published on the release we read",
"parties": "United States v. Low Taek Jho and Ng Chong Hwa",
"filed": "1 November 2018",
"stage": "Charges against Low pending, Low at large as of October 2026",
"outcome": "Pending as to Low, who remains at large",
"claims": "1mdb-low-indictment 1mdb-low-settlement-absolved",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-low-ng/"
},
{
"case_id": "malaysia-v-najib-src",
"organization_id": "1mdb",
"authority": "Federal Court of Malaysia",
"authority_group": "Other courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published on the report we read",
"parties": "Public Prosecutor v Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Hj Abd Razak",
"filed": "Federal Court decided 23 August 2022",
"stage": "Conviction final. Sentence reduced by the Pardons Board in 2024. House arrest judicial review dismissed and the appeal dropped in 2026",
"outcome": "Conviction final. Najib in prison with release set for August 2028. House arrest judicial review dismissed in December 2025 and the appeal dropped in April 2026",
"claims": "1mdb-najib-conviction",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/malaysia-v-najib-src/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-abb-edva",
"organization_id": "abb",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "1:22-CR-220",
"parties": "United States v. ABB Ltd",
"filed": "2 December 2022",
"stage": "Dismissed with prejudice on 20 June 2025 after early termination of the DPA.",
"outcome": "Dismissed with prejudice. Subsidiary guilty pleas stand.",
"claims": "abb-eskom-bribes abb-dpa-term abb-voluntary-disclosure",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-abb-edva/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-abb-2022",
"organization_id": "abb",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "In the Matter of ABB Ltd",
"filed": "2 December 2022",
"stage": "Settled cease-and-desist order.",
"outcome": "Settled.",
"claims": "abb-eskom-bribes abb-315-total",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-abb-2022/"
},
{
"case_id": "eskom-siu-abb-settlement",
"organization_id": "abb",
"authority": "Special Investigating Unit and Eskom, South Africa",
"authority_group": "South African courts and commissions",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Eskom Holdings and the Special Investigating Unit with ABB South Africa",
"filed": "11 December 2020",
"stage": "Full and final settlement.",
"outcome": "Settled.",
"claims": "abb-voluntary-disclosure",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/eskom-siu-abb-settlement/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-naqvi-criminal",
"organization_id": "abraaj-group",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Arif Naqvi, et al.",
"filed": "2019",
"stage": "Naqvi indicted and contesting extradition from the United Kingdom, not surrendered or tried as of October 2026. Co-defendants Mustafa Abdel-Wadood and Sivendran Vettivetpillai pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate. Waqar Siddique, Rafique Lakhani and Ashish Dave were charged in June 2019 and remain outside US custody.",
"outcome": "Pending. Naqvi not tried, two defendants awaiting sentencing after guilty pleas.",
"claims": "abraaj-group-vettivetpillai-plea abraaj-group-extradition",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-naqvi-criminal/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-naqvi-aiml",
"organization_id": "abraaj-group",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "1:19-cv-03244",
"parties": "Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arif M. Naqvi and Abraaj Investment Management Limited",
"filed": "11 April 2019",
"stage": "Complaint filed 11 April 2019 and later amended. Pending with no final judgment against Naqvi as of October 2026.",
"outcome": "Pending.",
"claims": "abraaj-group-sec-misappropriation",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-naqvi-aiml/"
},
{
"case_id": "dfsa-abraaj-enforcement",
"organization_id": "abraaj-group",
"authority": "Dubai Financial Services Authority",
"authority_group": "Other courts and authorities",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Dubai Financial Services Authority re Abraaj Investment Management Limited and Abraaj Capital Limited",
"filed": "30 July 2019",
"stage": "Enforcement decision announced 30 July 2019. A final regulator decision, with payment conditional on the firms' circumstances.",
"outcome": "Fines imposed. Collection conditional on the firms' circumstances.",
"claims": "abraaj-group-dfsa-fine",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/dfsa-abraaj-enforcement/"
},
{
"case_id": "cayman-abraaj-liquidation",
"organization_id": "abraaj-group",
"authority": "Grand Court of the Cayman Islands",
"authority_group": "Other courts and authorities",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "In the matter of Abraaj Holdings",
"filed": "18 June 2018",
"stage": "Provisional liquidation opened 18 June 2018 under PwC joint provisional liquidators. Ongoing.",
"outcome": "Pending. Liquidation ongoing.",
"claims": "",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/cayman-abraaj-liquidation/"
},
{
"case_id": "sebi-hindenburg-adani-2025",
"organization_id": "adani-group",
"authority": "Securities and Exchange Board of India",
"authority_group": "Securities and Exchange Board of India",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "WTM/KV/CFID/CFID-SEC1/31672/2025-26 (a companion order on Adicorp Enterprises is WTM/KV/CFID/CFID-TPD/31671/2025-26)",
"parties": "In the matter of Hindenburg allegations against Adani Group. Noticees include Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Adani Power, Adani Enterprises, Milestone Tradelinks and Rehvar Infrastructure",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Final order issued",
"outcome": "Disposed of without directions",
"claims": "adani-related-party adani-claims-baseless adani-fraud-scheme",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sebi-hindenburg-adani-2025/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-adani-edny",
"organization_id": "adani-group",
"authority": "U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "24-cv-08080 (NGG) (JRC)",
"parties": "Securities and Exchange Commission v. Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani",
"filed": "20 November 2024",
"stage": "Proposed consent final judgments filed 14 May 2026, without admitting or denying. Entry not verified in records read",
"outcome": "Resolution by consent without admitting or denying, entry of judgment not verified. No merits ruling",
"claims": "adani-us-bribery",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-adani-edny/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-adani-criminal-edny",
"organization_id": "adani-group",
"authority": "U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "24-CR-433 (NGG)",
"parties": "United States v. Gautam Adani and others",
"filed": "November 2024",
"stage": "Counts against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain dismissed with prejudice on the DOJ's motion on 10 August 2026, per PTI. Counts against non-appearing co-defendants reserved",
"outcome": "Dismissed with prejudice as to the two executives on the government's motion. Not an acquittal",
"claims": "adani-us-bribery",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-adani-criminal-edny/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-airbus-ddc",
"organization_id": "airbus",
"authority": "US District Court for the District of Columbia",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "1:20-cr-00021",
"parties": "United States v. Airbus SE",
"filed": "28 January 2020",
"stage": "Government motion to dismiss with prejudice filed on 28 July 2023 after full compliance with the DPA. Ruling on the motion not found in public records.",
"outcome": "No conviction. Dismissal sought by the government after compliance. Grant unverified.",
"claims": "airbus-third-party-bribes airbus-us-charge-pending",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-airbus-ddc/"
},
{
"case_id": "sfo-v-airbus",
"organization_id": "airbus",
"authority": "Court of England and Wales, approved by the President of the Queen's Bench Division",
"authority_group": "Courts of England and Wales",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Serious Fraud Office v. Airbus SE",
"filed": "31 January 2020",
"stage": "Deferred prosecution agreement approved on 31 January 2020.",
"outcome": "Deferred prosecution agreement. No conviction.",
"claims": "airbus-third-party-bribes",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sfo-v-airbus/"
},
{
"case_id": "pnf-airbus-cjip-2022",
"organization_id": "airbus",
"authority": "Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris on request of the Parquet National Financier",
"authority_group": "French courts and prosecutors",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Parquet National Financier and Airbus SE",
"filed": "17 November 2022",
"stage": "CJIP approved on 30 November 2022, per Airbus.",
"outcome": "Public interest judicial agreement. No conviction.",
"claims": "airbus-2022-cjip",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/pnf-airbus-cjip-2022/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-hwang-criminal",
"organization_id": "archegos-capital",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Sung Kook (Bill) Hwang and Patrick Halligan",
"filed": "27 April 2022",
"stage": "Hwang convicted and sentenced, appeal pending, free on bail as of January 2026",
"outcome": "Conviction and 18-year sentence, under appeal, not final",
"claims": "archegos-hwang-conviction-sentence archegos-free-on-bail archegos-swaps-manipulation",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-hwang-criminal/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-hwang-civil",
"organization_id": "archegos-capital",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "1:22-cv-03402",
"parties": "SEC v. Sung Kook (Bill) Hwang, Patrick Halligan, William Tomita, Scott Becker, and Archegos Capital Management, LP",
"filed": "27 April 2022",
"stage": "Civil complaint filed, current status not confirmed as of October 2026",
"outcome": "Pending, the current status of the SEC civil action was not confirmed for this review",
"claims": "archegos-swaps-manipulation archegos-exposure-160bn",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-hwang-civil/"
},
{
"case_id": "bain-v-national-treasury",
"organization_id": "bain-south-africa",
"authority": "High Court of South Africa",
"authority_group": "South African courts and commissions",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Bain & Company South Africa v. National Treasury and others",
"filed": "Early 2024, exact date not found",
"stage": "Pending. Reported unresolved on 30 July 2025.",
"outcome": "Pending. Bain seeks to set aside the restriction and a declaration that the procurement law is unconstitutional.",
"claims": "bain-sa-treasury-restriction bain-sa-not-knowingly",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/bain-v-national-treasury/"
},
{
"case_id": "uk-cabinet-office-bain-exclusion",
"organization_id": "bain-south-africa",
"authority": "UK Cabinet Office",
"authority_group": "UK courts and government",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Cabinet Office decision on Bain & Company",
"filed": "August 2022",
"stage": "Lifted for non-South African affiliates on 23 March 2023. South African unit excluded until 4 January 2025. Reinstatement declined in January 2025. No ruling found on Bain's judicial review.",
"outcome": "Exclusion ended.",
"claims": "bain-sa-uk-ban",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/uk-cabinet-office-bain-exclusion/"
},
{
"case_id": "monsanto-v-durnell",
"organization_id": "bayer",
"authority": "Supreme Court of the United States",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "24-1068",
"parties": "Monsanto Company v. Durnell",
"filed": "2025 (petition, exact docketing date not read)",
"stage": "Decided on 25 June 2026. Missouri judgment reversed and remanded.",
"outcome": "Reversed and remanded in favour of Monsanto on the preemption question.",
"claims": "bayer-durnell-preemption bayer-glyphosate-causes-cancer",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/monsanto-v-durnell/"
},
{
"case_id": "roundup-class-settlement-stl",
"organization_id": "bayer",
"authority": "Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Roundup class plaintiffs and Monsanto Company",
"filed": "17 February 2026",
"stage": "Preliminary approval granted. Final approval hearing held on 14 September 2026, decision pending.",
"outcome": "Pending. The court's final approval decision was outstanding as of the last record read.",
"claims": "bayer-class-settlement",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/roundup-class-settlement-stl/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-madoff",
"organization_id": "madoff-securities",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "No. 09 Cr. 213 (DC)",
"parties": "United States v. Bernard L. Madoff",
"filed": "2009",
"stage": "Final. Guilty plea and sentence entered, no appeal, defendant deceased.",
"outcome": "Final. Madoff died in federal custody on 14 April 2021.",
"claims": "madoff-guilty-plea-sentence madoff-small-fraction-recovery",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-madoff/"
},
{
"case_id": "in-re-blmis-sipa",
"organization_id": "madoff-securities",
"authority": "US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "Adv. Pro. No. 08-01789 (SMB)",
"parties": "Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC",
"filed": "December 2008",
"stage": "SIPA liquidation open. Interim distributions continuing.",
"outcome": "Pending. Trustee recoveries of about US$15.509 billion as of 23 October 2026, with distributions continuing.",
"claims": "madoff-recovery-status madoff-small-fraction-recovery",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/in-re-blmis-sipa/"
},
{
"case_id": "mariana-v-bhp-tcc",
"organization_id": "bhp",
"authority": "High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Technology and Construction Court, and Court of Appeal (Civil Division)",
"authority_group": "Courts of England and Wales",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "HT-2022-000304 and HT-2023-000058, [2025] EWHC 3001 (TCC), [2026] EWCA Civ 502",
"parties": "Município de Mariana and others v BHP Group (UK) Limited and BHP Group Limited",
"filed": "2022 (current case numbers)",
"stage": "Liability determined. Permission to appeal refused on 6 May 2026. Damages trial expected in 2027.",
"outcome": "Pending on damages. Liability finding stands.",
"claims": "bhp-not-polluter bhp-found-liable bhp-duplicative",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/mariana-v-bhp-tcc/"
},
{
"case_id": "fundao-brazil-agreement",
"organization_id": "bhp",
"authority": "Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (ratification)",
"authority_group": "Brazilian courts and authorities",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not stated in the sources read",
"parties": "Brazilian public authorities, Samarco Mineração S.A., BHP Billiton Brasil Ltda. and Vale S.A.",
"filed": "25 October 2024",
"stage": "Ratified on 6 November 2024",
"outcome": "Settlement ratified. It does not resolve the UK group action.",
"claims": "bhp-brazil-agreement-pending bhp-duplicative",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/fundao-brazil-agreement/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-binance",
"organization_id": "binance",
"authority": "US Department of Justice and US District Court for the Western District of Washington",
"authority_group": "US Department of Justice",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Binance Holdings Limited and United States v. Changpeng Zhao",
"filed": "21 November 2023",
"stage": "Corporate guilty plea with monitor. Founder sentenced and later pardoned",
"outcome": "Corporate plea stands. Founder pardoned.",
"claims": "binance-us-plea binance-founder-pardon",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-binance/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-binance",
"organization_id": "binance",
"authority": "US District Court for the District of Columbia",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "1:23-cv-01599",
"parties": "Securities and Exchange Commission v. Binance Holdings Limited, et al.",
"filed": "5 June 2023",
"stage": "Dismissed with prejudice",
"outcome": "Dismissed with prejudice.",
"claims": "binance-sec-case",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-binance/"
},
{
"case_id": "nigeria-binance",
"organization_id": "binance",
"authority": "Federal High Court, Abuja",
"authority_group": "Nigerian courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Nigerian prosecutors and the Federal Inland Revenue Service v. Binance Holdings Limited",
"filed": "2024",
"stage": "Tax case and EFCC money laundering case against Binance pending, with settlement talks reported. Charges against the executive withdrawn",
"outcome": "Pending as to Binance. No ruling found as of October 2026.",
"claims": "binance-nigeria-charges",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/nigeria-binance/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-mashinsky",
"organization_id": "celsius-network",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Alexander Mashinsky",
"filed": "13 July 2023",
"stage": "Convicted by guilty plea and sentenced. Motion to vacate pending.",
"outcome": "Pending. A motion to vacate the sentence was opposed by prosecutors in August 2026 and awaits a ruling.",
"claims": "celsius-network-mashinsky-sentence celsius-network-cel-manipulation",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-mashinsky/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-celsius-mashinsky",
"organization_id": "celsius-network",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "1:23-cv-06005",
"parties": "SEC v. Celsius Network Limited and Alexander Mashinsky",
"filed": "13 July 2023",
"stage": "Complaint filed. Celsius consented to the requested relief.",
"outcome": "Celsius consented to relief including a permanent injunction. Mashinsky's resolution not confirmed on the litigation release.",
"claims": "celsius-network-cel-manipulation",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-celsius-mashinsky/"
},
{
"case_id": "ftc-v-celsius-founders",
"organization_id": "celsius-network",
"authority": "US Federal Trade Commission",
"authority_group": "US Federal Trade Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "FTC v. Mashinsky, Leon and Goldstein",
"filed": "13 July 2023",
"stage": "Stipulated orders entered. One proposed order needed court approval.",
"outcome": "Resolved by stipulated orders totaling US$16.5 million against the three founders.",
"claims": "celsius-network-ftc-safety-claims",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/ftc-v-celsius-founders/"
},
{
"case_id": "in-re-celsius-network",
"organization_id": "celsius-network",
"authority": "US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "In re Celsius Network LLC",
"filed": "13 July 2022",
"stage": "Plan effective. Company emerged on 31 January 2024.",
"outcome": "Emerged from Chapter 11 with distributions to account holders.",
"claims": "celsius-network-chapter-11-exit",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/in-re-celsius-network/"
},
{
"case_id": "csrc-hengda-penalty",
"organization_id": "evergrande",
"authority": "China Securities Regulatory Commission",
"authority_group": "Chinese regulators",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "CSRC and Hengda Real Estate Group",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Penalty decision issued",
"outcome": "Penalty decided. No appeal found.",
"claims": "evergrande-hengda-inflated-revenue evergrande-biggest-fraud",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/csrc-hengda-penalty/"
},
{
"case_id": "hk-winding-up-evergrande",
"organization_id": "evergrande",
"authority": "High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region",
"authority_group": "Hong Kong courts and regulators",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Re China Evergrande Group",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Winding-up order made. Liquidation in progress.",
"outcome": "Pending. Liquidators report claims of about US$45 billion and cannot yet guide on dividends.",
"claims": "evergrande-offshore-restructuring",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/hk-winding-up-evergrande/"
},
{
"case_id": "evergrande-liquidators-v-pwc",
"organization_id": "evergrande",
"authority": "Hong Kong court",
"authority_group": "Hong Kong courts and regulators",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Liquidators of China Evergrande Group v. PwC entities",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Proceedings heard in May 2026. No decision reported.",
"outcome": "Pending.",
"claims": "evergrande-hengda-inflated-revenue",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/evergrande-liquidators-v-pwc/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-credit-suisse-securities-europe",
"organization_id": "credit-suisse",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "21-CR-520 (Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited) and 21-CR-521 (Credit Suisse Group AG)",
"parties": "United States v. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Credit Suisse Group AG",
"filed": "19 October 2021",
"stage": "Guilty plea by the UK unit. DPA with the parent extended to January 2026, formal end not found",
"outcome": "Resolution of more than US$547 million across US and UK authorities",
"claims": "credit-suisse-doj-resolution credit-suisse-banker-kickbacks credit-suisse-group-dpa-party",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-credit-suisse-securities-europe/"
},
{
"case_id": "mozambique-v-credit-suisse",
"organization_id": "credit-suisse",
"authority": "High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Commercial Court",
"authority_group": "Courts of England and Wales",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "[2024] EWHC 1957 (Comm)",
"parties": "The Republic of Mozambique (acting through its Attorney General) v Credit Suisse International and others",
"filed": "2019",
"stage": "Judgment given on 29 July 2024. Credit Suisse claims settled before trial",
"outcome": "Settled as to Credit Suisse",
"claims": "credit-suisse-mozambique-settlement credit-suisse-banker-kickbacks",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/mozambique-v-credit-suisse/"
},
{
"case_id": "swiss-oag-v-ubs-mozambique",
"organization_id": "credit-suisse",
"authority": "Swiss criminal court on charges filed by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (court named in the UBS report)",
"authority_group": "Swiss courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland v UBS Group AG and UBS AG",
"filed": "November 2025",
"stage": "Dismissed in April 2026, appeal by the Attorney General pending",
"outcome": "Pending appeal",
"claims": "credit-suisse-group-dpa-party",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/swiss-oag-v-ubs-mozambique/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-danske-bank",
"organization_id": "danske-bank",
"authority": "US Department of Justice and US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US Department of Justice",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Danske Bank A/S",
"filed": "13 December 2022",
"stage": "Guilty plea entered. Probation concluded on 13 December 2025 per the bank.",
"outcome": "Final. Plea and forfeiture with probation completed.",
"claims": "danske-bank-us-guilty-plea danske-bank-probation-ongoing",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-danske-bank/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-danske-bank",
"organization_id": "danske-bank",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "SEC v. Danske Bank A/S",
"filed": "13 December 2022",
"stage": "Settled by consent to a final judgment",
"outcome": "Settled. The SEC release does not record an admission.",
"claims": "danske-bank-us-guilty-plea",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-danske-bank/"
},
{
"case_id": "dk-scu-danske-bank",
"organization_id": "danske-bank",
"authority": "Danish Special Crime Unit",
"authority_group": "Danish and Estonian authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Danish Special Crime Unit and Danske Bank A/S",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Resolved by acceptance of a fine and confiscation",
"outcome": "Concluded as to the bank.",
"claims": "danske-bank-eur200bn-suspicious danske-bank-probation-ongoing",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/dk-scu-danske-bank/"
},
{
"case_id": "milan-opl245-trial",
"organization_id": "eni",
"authority": "Tribunal of Milan",
"authority_group": "Italian courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published on the pages we read",
"parties": "Milan Public Prosecutor v Eni S.p.A., Royal Dutch Shell plc and others",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Final acquittal",
"outcome": "Final acquittal of Eni, Shell and the executives",
"claims": "eni-opl245-bribes-proven eni-acquittal-final eni-middlemen-guilty",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/milan-opl245-trial/"
},
{
"case_id": "nigeria-civil-claims-italy",
"organization_id": "eni",
"authority": "Italian courts (civil claims of the Federal Republic of Nigeria)",
"authority_group": "Nigerian courts and authorities",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Federal Republic of Nigeria v Eni S.p.A. and Shell",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Waived by Nigeria, then settled",
"outcome": "Waived as to Eni per the reported letter. All OPL 245 claims between Nigeria and Eni settled per Eni",
"claims": "eni-acquittal-final",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/nigeria-civil-claims-italy/"
},
{
"case_id": "milan-congo-probe",
"organization_id": "eni",
"authority": "Court of Milan",
"authority_group": "Italian courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Milan Public Prosecutor v Eni S.p.A.",
"filed": "2017",
"stage": "Closed by agreed sanction",
"outcome": "Settled with no admission of guilt",
"claims": "eni-congo-no-corruption",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/milan-congo-probe/"
},
{
"case_id": "nigeria-london-claim",
"organization_id": "eni",
"authority": "High Court of England and Wales",
"authority_group": "Courts of England and Wales",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published on the page we read",
"parties": "Federal Republic of Nigeria v Royal Dutch Shell plc, Eni S.p.A. and others",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Dismissed for lack of jurisdiction",
"outcome": "Dismissed in May 2020. We read no record of a successful appeal. As to Eni, the March 2026 agreement settles all OPL 245 claims per Eni",
"claims": "eni-acquittal-final",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/nigeria-london-claim/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-skilling-lay-criminal",
"organization_id": "enron",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, appeals to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Cr. No. H-04-0025",
"parties": "United States v. Jeffrey K. Skilling, Kenneth L. Lay and Richard A. Causey",
"filed": "2004",
"stage": "Skilling convicted and sentence final after a 2013 resentencing. Lay's conviction vacated and indictment dismissed on 17 October 2006.",
"outcome": "Skilling conviction and 168 month sentence final, released in 2019. Lay case abated on his death.",
"claims": "enron-skilling-conviction enron-lay-conviction-abated enron-honest-services",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-skilling-lay-criminal/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-lay-skilling-civil",
"organization_id": "enron",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission, US District Court for the Southern District of Texas",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Securities and Exchange Commission v. Richard A. Causey, Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay",
"filed": "8 July 2004",
"stage": "Civil allegations against Lay never adjudicated to a finding against him before his death on 5 July 2006.",
"outcome": "No final SEC judgment against Lay confirmed. Allegations unresolved as against him.",
"claims": "enron-sec-lay-charges",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-lay-skilling-civil/"
},
{
"case_id": "apas-ey-wirecard",
"organization_id": "ey-germany",
"authority": "Abschlussprüferaufsichtsstelle (APAS) at the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control",
"authority_group": "German courts and authorities",
"kind": "Audit",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "APAS and Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Sanctions accepted without appeal according to EY.",
"outcome": "Sanctions imposed and not appealed.",
"claims": "ey-germany-apas-violations ey-germany-sophisticated-fraud",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/apas-ey-wirecard/"
},
{
"case_id": "bayoblg-kapmug-wirecard-ey",
"organization_id": "ey-germany",
"authority": "Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgericht",
"authority_group": "Other courts and authorities",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "101 Kap 1/22",
"parties": "Wirecard investors (model claimant) v. Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft and others",
"filed": "14 March 2022",
"stage": "Model case against EY ended after the Federal Court of Justice upheld the partial model decision, as reported on 23 October 2026.",
"outcome": "Model case against EY closed without a liability finding. Individual damages suits pending before the Munich courts.",
"claims": "ey-germany-investor-liability",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/bayoblg-kapmug-wirecard-ey/"
},
{
"case_id": "cbp-uniqlo-shirts",
"organization_id": "fast-retailing",
"authority": "US Customs and Border Protection",
"authority_group": "Other courts and authorities",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "US Customs and Border Protection and Uniqlo",
"filed": "January 2021",
"stage": "Ruling dated 10 May 2021 upholding the detention.",
"outcome": "Detention upheld. No court challenge found.",
"claims": "fast-retailing-cbp-ruling fast-retailing-no-forced-labour",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/cbp-uniqlo-shirts/"
},
{
"case_id": "pnat-uniqlo-france",
"organization_id": "fast-retailing",
"authority": "French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (crimes against humanity unit), Paris investigating judge and Paris Court of Appeal investigation chamber",
"authority_group": "French courts and prosecutors",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Complaint by Sherpa and others against Uniqlo France, Inditex, SMCP and Skechers",
"filed": "2021",
"stage": "Inquiry halted on 12 April 2023. The complaint of 16 May 2023 met an order of lack of competence and refusal to investigate in May 2024, confirmed on appeal in February 2025. A further complaint was announced.",
"outcome": "Both the 2021 inquiry and the 2023 complaint closed without a finding on the facts. No later filing or outcome found as of October 2026.",
"claims": "fast-retailing-french-probe fast-retailing-no-forced-labour",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/pnat-uniqlo-france/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-bankman-fried",
"organization_id": "ftx",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Supreme Court of the United States",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "No. 24-961 (Second Circuit), No. 26-349 (Supreme Court)",
"parties": "United States v. Samuel Bankman-Fried",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Conviction affirmed by the Second Circuit on 12 June 2026. Certiorari petition pending.",
"outcome": "Pending. Supreme Court petition No. 26-349 awaits the government's response.",
"claims": "ftx-customer-assets-safe ftx-founder-conviction",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-bankman-fried/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-bankman-fried",
"organization_id": "ftx",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "SEC v. Samuel Bankman-Fried",
"filed": "13 December 2022",
"stage": "Complaint filed. Later stage not checked.",
"outcome": "Not checked in this review.",
"claims": "ftx-customer-assets-safe",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-bankman-fried/"
},
{
"case_id": "in-re-ftx-trading",
"organization_id": "ftx",
"authority": "US Bankruptcy Court",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "In re FTX Trading Ltd.",
"filed": "November 2022",
"stage": "Plan in effect. Distributions continuing.",
"outcome": "Pending. Further distributions to be announced.",
"claims": "ftx-customers-left-with-nothing",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/in-re-ftx-trading/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-galleon-management",
"organization_id": "galleon-group",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "09-CV-8811 (JSR)",
"parties": "SEC v. Galleon Management, LP, Raj Rajaratnam and others",
"filed": "16 October 2009",
"stage": "Final. Civil penalty judgment entered 8 November 2011",
"outcome": "US$92.8 million civil penalty against Rajaratnam, disgorgement deemed satisfied by the criminal forfeiture",
"claims": "galleon-sec-penalty galleon-largest-penalty",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-galleon-management/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-rajaratnam-criminal",
"organization_id": "galleon-group",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York and US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Appeal docket 11-4416-cr",
"parties": "United States v. Raj Rajaratnam",
"filed": "2009",
"stage": "Final. Conviction affirmed on 24 June 2013",
"outcome": "Conviction final, 11 year sentence, released to home confinement in the summer of 2019",
"claims": "galleon-conviction-11-years galleon-wiretap-appeal",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-rajaratnam-criminal/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-glencore-international",
"organization_id": "glencore",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published on the release we read",
"parties": "United States v. Glencore International A.G.",
"filed": "24 May 2022",
"stage": "Guilty plea entered",
"outcome": "Guilty plea, part of a resolution of over US$1.1 billion",
"claims": "glencore-us-bribery-pleas",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-glencore-international/"
},
{
"case_id": "sfo-v-glencore-energy-uk",
"organization_id": "glencore",
"authority": "Southwark Crown Court",
"authority_group": "UK courts and government",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Serious Fraud Office v Glencore Energy UK Ltd",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Sentenced",
"outcome": "Conviction and sentence totalling about GBP 281 million",
"claims": "glencore-uk-conviction glencore-last-investigation-resolved",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sfo-v-glencore-energy-uk/"
},
{
"case_id": "oag-glencore-international",
"organization_id": "glencore",
"authority": "Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland",
"authority_group": "Swiss courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland v Glencore International AG",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Closed by summary penalty order",
"outcome": "Final. Glencore agreed not to appeal",
"claims": "glencore-swiss-drc-penalty glencore-last-investigation-resolved",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/oag-glencore-international/"
},
{
"case_id": "cnmv-grifols-review",
"organization_id": "grifols",
"authority": "Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores",
"authority_group": "Spanish courts and regulators",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "CNMV review of Grifols, S.A. financial information",
"filed": "January 2024",
"stage": "Review concluded with disclosure requirements",
"outcome": "Concluded. No restatement currently required.",
"claims": "grifols-gotham-debt-ratio grifols-cnmv-confirms",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/cnmv-grifols-review/"
},
{
"case_id": "cnmv-grifols-sanction",
"organization_id": "grifols",
"authority": "Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores",
"authority_group": "Spanish courts and regulators",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "CNMV sanction proceeding against Grifols, S.A. and current and former directors",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Sanction resolved on 24 July 2025. Reported as under appeal.",
"outcome": "Not final. Grifols was reported to be appealing.",
"claims": "grifols-gotham-debt-ratio grifols-cnmv-confirms",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/cnmv-grifols-sanction/"
},
{
"case_id": "an-gotham-grifols",
"organization_id": "grifols",
"authority": "Audiencia Nacional (Spain)",
"authority_group": "Spanish courts and regulators",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Fiscalía Anticorrupción against Gotham City Research, General Industrial Partners and executives",
"filed": "19 November 2024",
"stage": "Investigation. Suspects summoned for 26 February 2026 and 5 March 2026. Later steps not confirmed.",
"outcome": "Pending.",
"claims": "grifols-gotham-misleading-info",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/an-gotham-grifols/"
},
{
"case_id": "oag-gunvor-2019",
"organization_id": "gunvor",
"authority": "Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland",
"authority_group": "Swiss courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland v Gunvor",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Concluded",
"outcome": "Conviction and payment order",
"claims": "gunvor-swiss-congo-2019",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/oag-gunvor-2019/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-gunvor",
"organization_id": "gunvor",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "24-CR-85 (ENV), shown on the plea agreement as 1:24-cr-00085-ENV",
"parties": "United States v. Gunvor S.A.",
"filed": "1 March 2024",
"stage": "Sentenced",
"outcome": "Guilty plea and sentence of about US$661 million",
"claims": "gunvor-us-ecuador-plea gunvor-industry-leading-compliance",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-gunvor/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-hino-edmi",
"organization_id": "hino-motors",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "2:25-CR-20016",
"parties": "United States v. Hino Motors, Ltd.",
"filed": "15 January 2025",
"stage": "Sentenced on 19 March 2025. Five-year probation running.",
"outcome": "Guilty plea and sentence. Probation in progress.",
"claims": "hino-us-plea hino-since-2016 hino-toyota-subsidiary",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-hino-edmi/"
},
{
"case_id": "mlit-hino-certification",
"organization_id": "hino-motors",
"authority": "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan",
"authority_group": "Japanese courts and authorities",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Hino Motors, Ltd.",
"filed": "March 2022",
"stage": "Certification of affected engines revoked in March 2022, as reported. Corrective order issued and revocation steps for more engine types begun on 9 September 2022.",
"outcome": "Certification revoked and corrective order issued. Later ministry steps were not checked against an official record.",
"claims": "hino-since-2016",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/mlit-hino-certification/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-huawei-edny",
"organization_id": "huawei",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "18-CR-457 (AMD)",
"parties": "United States v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., et al.",
"filed": "28 January 2019",
"stage": "Jury trial under way since 9 September 2026 before Judge Ann M. Donnelly. Verdict pending as of 25 October 2026.",
"outcome": "Pending. Trial verdict on 12 remaining counts against Huawei.",
"claims": "huawei-fraud-racketeering-charges huawei-cfo-charged huawei-ip-respect",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-huawei-edny/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-in-re-iep-2024",
"organization_id": "icahn-enterprises",
"authority": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Press release 2024-99",
"parties": "In the Matter of Icahn Enterprises L.P. and In the Matter of Carl C. Icahn",
"filed": "19 August 2024",
"stage": "Settled cease and desist orders, without admitting or denying",
"outcome": "Settled",
"claims": "icahn-margin-pledges icahn-sec-no-fraud icahn-ponzi-like",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-in-re-iep-2024/"
},
{
"case_id": "iep-securities-class-action",
"organization_id": "icahn-enterprises",
"authority": "U.S. District Court (Judge K. Michael Moore)",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Investor plaintiffs v. Icahn Enterprises L.P. and others",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Dismissed without prejudice on 13 September 2024, per IEP",
"outcome": "Dismissed without prejudice on 13 September 2024, per IEP. Refiling or appeal not found in a search to October 2026",
"claims": "icahn-dividends-new-money",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/iep-securities-class-action/"
},
{
"case_id": "edny-infosys-class-action",
"organization_id": "infosys",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Shareholder plaintiffs v. Infosys Limited",
"filed": "2019",
"stage": "Voluntarily dismissed without prejudice on 21 May 2020.",
"outcome": "Dismissed without prejudice. No ruling on the merits.",
"claims": "infosys-us-class-action infosys-without-merit",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/edny-infosys-class-action/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-infosys-inquiry",
"organization_id": "infosys",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Inquiry concerning Infosys Limited",
"filed": "2019",
"stage": "Concluded in March 2020, per the company.",
"outcome": "Closed with no public enforcement action.",
"claims": "infosys-whistleblower-unethical infosys-without-merit",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-infosys-inquiry/"
},
{
"case_id": "india-infosys-regulatory-inquiries",
"organization_id": "infosys",
"authority": "Indian regulatory authorities (not named in the filing)",
"authority_group": "Indian courts and authorities",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Inquiries concerning Infosys Limited",
"filed": "Not stated in the sources read",
"stage": "Company says it answered all inquiries, last on 15 May 2020. No outcome found as of October 2026.",
"outcome": "Not known from the records found.",
"claims": "infosys-whistleblower-unethical infosys-without-merit",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/india-infosys-regulatory-inquiries/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-jf-edny-2020",
"organization_id": "jbs",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. J&F Investimentos S.A.",
"filed": "14 October 2020",
"stage": "Guilty plea to a one-count information in the Eastern District of New York. No sentencing record was found.",
"outcome": "Guilty plea.",
"claims": "jbs-jf-fcpa-plea jbs-nyse-corruption-record",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-jf-edny-2020/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-jbs-jf-2020",
"organization_id": "jbs",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-20124, as listed by the Stanford FCPA Clearinghouse",
"parties": "In the Matter of J&F Investimentos S.A., JBS S.A., Joesley Batista and Wesley Batista",
"filed": "14 October 2020",
"stage": "Cease-and-desist order entered on consent.",
"outcome": "Final consent order.",
"claims": "jbs-jf-fcpa-plea",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-jbs-jf-2020/"
},
{
"case_id": "stf-jf-leniency",
"organization_id": "jbs",
"authority": "Supreme Federal Court of Brazil",
"authority_group": "Brazilian courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "J&F Investimentos S.A. request concerning its leniency agreement with the Federal Prosecution Service",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Fine suspended by individual decision in December 2023, PGR appeal pending as last reported.",
"outcome": "Pending. No final ruling found as of October 2026.",
"claims": "jbs-leniency-fine",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/stf-jf-leniency/"
},
{
"case_id": "in-re-ltl-management-3d-cir",
"organization_id": "johnson-and-johnson",
"authority": "US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit",
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{
"case_id": "in-re-red-river-talc",
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"claims": "jnj-red-river-plan",
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{
"case_id": "kobe-tachikawa-summary-court",
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"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Public prosecutors v. Kobe Steel, Ltd.",
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"stage": "Fine ordered on 13 March 2019.",
"outcome": "Fine of 100 million yen. No appeal reported.",
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"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/kobe-tachikawa-summary-court/"
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{
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"stage": "Document request concluded in July 2019, as reported by the company.",
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"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/kobe-us-grand-jury/"
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{
"case_id": "frc-kpmg-carillion-audits",
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"parties": "Executive Counsel to the FRC v. KPMG LLP, KPMG Audit plc and two former partners",
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"stage": "Final settlement decisions with admissions.",
"outcome": "Sanctions imposed with admissions.",
"claims": "kpmg-uk-audit-evidence-failures kpmg-uk-complicit",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/frc-kpmg-carillion-audits/"
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{
"case_id": "frc-tribunal-kpmg-aqr",
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"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Final tribunal decision.",
"outcome": "Misconduct found with admissions.",
"claims": "kpmg-uk-false-information",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/frc-tribunal-kpmg-aqr/"
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"stage": "Settled on confidential terms in February 2023.",
"outcome": "Settled. Amount not disclosed.",
"claims": "kpmg-uk-audit-evidence-failures",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/official-receiver-v-kpmg/"
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{
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"parties": "United States v. Lafarge S.A. and Lafarge Cement Syria S.A.",
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"outcome": "Conviction by guilty plea.",
"claims": "lafarge-us-guilty-plea lafarge-holcim-not-involved",
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{
"case_id": "france-lafarge-terror-financing",
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"stage": "First-instance judgment on 13 April 2026. Under appeal.",
"outcome": "Pending appeal.",
"claims": "lafarge-paris-terror-financing",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/france-lafarge-terror-financing/"
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{
"case_id": "france-lafarge-crimes-against-humanity",
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"stage": "Charge of complicity in crimes against humanity upheld on 16 January 2024. Investigation ongoing.",
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"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/france-lafarge-crimes-against-humanity/"
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{
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"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/case-sec-v-luckin/"
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{
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"parties": "United States v. McKinsey & Company Africa (Pty) Ltd",
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"stage": "Three-year deferred prosecution agreement in effect. No record of dismissal found as of October 2026.",
"outcome": "Pending under the deferred prosecution agreement.",
"claims": "mckinsey-africa-transnet-bribes mckinsey-africa-fees-returned",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-mckinsey-africa-sdny/"
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{
"case_id": "sa-state-v-mckinsey-palm-ridge",
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"number": "Not published",
"parties": "The State v. McKinsey and Company Africa (Pty) Ltd and others",
"filed": "30 September 2022",
"stage": "Charges against the firm withdrawn in January 2025 according to McKinsey. Cases against individuals not covered.",
"outcome": "Withdrawn against the firm.",
"claims": "mckinsey-africa-npa-charges mckinsey-africa-transnet-bribes",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sa-state-v-mckinsey-palm-ridge/"
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{
"case_id": "us-v-facebook-ftc-2019",
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"kind": "Civil",
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"parties": "United States v. Facebook, Inc.",
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"stage": "Stipulated order entered on 23 April 2020.",
"outcome": "Final stipulated order with a US$5 billion penalty.",
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"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-facebook-ftc-2019/"
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{
"case_id": "sec-v-facebook-2019",
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"parties": "Securities and Exchange Commission v. Facebook, Inc.",
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"stage": "Settled without admitting or denying, with consent to the entry of a final judgment.",
"outcome": "Settled.",
"claims": "meta-sec-misled-investors meta-not-a-breach",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-facebook-2019/"
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{
"case_id": "ico-facebook-mpn",
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"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Information Commissioner v. Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ireland Limited",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Appeals withdrawn by both sides under an agreement of 30 October 2019.",
"outcome": "Resolved by an agreement announced on 30 October 2019.",
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"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/ico-facebook-mpn/"
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{
"case_id": "delaware-facebook-derivative",
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"number": "C.A. No. 2018-0307-JRS, as listed by plaintiffs' counsel",
"parties": "In re Facebook, Inc. Derivative Litigation",
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"stage": "Settlement approved on 7 April 2026.",
"outcome": "Settled for US$190 million.",
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"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/delaware-facebook-derivative/"
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{
"case_id": "turkcell-v-mtn-south-africa",
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"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Turkcell and East Asian Consortium (EAC) v. MTN Group Limited and others",
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"stage": "Jurisdiction upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeal on 29 April 2025. Notice of intention to appeal to the Constitutional Court filed on 21 May 2025. No decision found as of October 2026. No merits hearing.",
"outcome": "Pending. Merits untried and the Constitutional Court has not decided whether to hear MTN's appeal.",
"claims": "mtn-turkcell-bribes mtn-turkcell-no-jurisdiction",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/turkcell-v-mtn-south-africa/"
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{
"case_id": "zobay-v-mtn-edny",
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"kind": "Civil",
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"parties": "Zobay et al. v. MTN Group Limited et al., with the related Long case",
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"stage": "Discovery in Zobay and the related Long case after the ruling of 25 September 2026. The separate Cabrera and Chand cases are in the District of Columbia and had no material updates.",
"outcome": "Pending.",
"claims": "mtn-ata-taliban mtn-ata-no-finding",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/zobay-v-mtn-edny/"
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{
"case_id": "sec-in-re-nikola-2021",
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"stage": "Settled administrative order, without admitting or denying",
"outcome": "Settled. Payment terms later restructured in chapter 11",
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{
"case_id": "us-v-milton-sdny",
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"kind": "Criminal",
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"parties": "United States v. Trevor Milton",
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"stage": "Conviction of 14 October 2022 and sentence of 18 December 2023, followed by a full presidential pardon on 27 March 2025",
"outcome": "Pardoned on 27 March 2025",
"claims": "nikola-in-house nikola-rebuttal-false",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-milton-sdny/"
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{
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{
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"parties": "Financial Conduct Authority v. NMC Health plc (in administration)",
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"stage": "Public censure issued",
"outcome": "Final. Public censure.",
"claims": "nmc-health-understated-debt nmc-health-report-false nmc-health-brightpoint-cost",
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"case_id": "case-nmc-v-ey",
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"parties": "NMC Health plc (in administration) v. Ernst and Young",
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"stage": "Settled before judgment",
"outcome": "Settled on confidential terms. No judgment on the merits.",
"claims": "nmc-health-ey-claim-pending",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/case-nmc-v-ey/"
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"case_id": "us-v-novartis-hellas",
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"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published in the release read",
"parties": "United States v. Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I.",
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"stage": "Deferred prosecution agreement. No breach found in this review.",
"outcome": "Deferred prosecution agreement. Novartis AG separately paid the SEC about US$112 million.",
"claims": "novartis-hellas-hospitals novartis-no-politicians-statement",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-novartis-hellas/"
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"case_id": "greece-novartis-witnesses",
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"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Greek prosecution of two former protected witnesses in the Novartis case",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Convictions upheld at second instance on 13 January 2026. Cassation status not established.",
"outcome": "Convicted at two instances. Finality not confirmed as of October 2026.",
"claims": "novartis-greek-politicians",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/greece-novartis-witnesses/"
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{
"case_id": "us-v-odebrecht",
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"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published on the release we read",
"parties": "United States v. Odebrecht S.A.",
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"stage": "Guilty plea entered",
"outcome": "Guilty plea with global penalties of at least US$3.5 billion shared with Brazil and Switzerland",
"claims": "odebrecht-788m-bribes",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-odebrecht/"
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{
"case_id": "stf-rcl-43007",
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"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Reclamação 43007",
"parties": "Extension request in Reclamação 43007",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Single justice decision in force, appeals pending before the Second Panel",
"outcome": "Pending. Appeals by prosecutors postponed in February 2024",
"claims": "odebrecht-leniency-evidence-usable",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/stf-rcl-43007/"
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{
"case_id": "stf-pet-11972",
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"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Petição 11972",
"parties": "Companhia Novonor S.A., petitioner",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Fines suspended. Renegotiation handled in ADPF 1051",
"outcome": "Pending. Plenary confirmation of the renegotiated terms not found",
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{
"case_id": "stf-adpf-1051",
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"number": "ADPF 1051",
"parties": "Action filed by PSOL, PCdoB and Solidariedade on Lava Jato leniency agreements",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Rapporteur homologation of 15 August 2025 awaiting plenary confirmation, review requested",
"outcome": "Pending plenary confirmation",
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"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/stf-adpf-1051/"
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"case_id": "tokyo-olympus-false-statements",
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"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Public prosecutors v. Olympus Corporation and three former executives",
"filed": "Not stated in the sources read",
"stage": "First instance verdict on 3 July 2013 after guilty pleas. No appeal found in the sources read.",
"outcome": "Convictions with suspended sentences and a corporate fine.",
"claims": "olympus-fees-no-problem olympus-committee-rotten olympus-tokyo-convictions",
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{
"case_id": "sesc-olympus-penalty",
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"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission in relation to Olympus Corporation",
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"stage": "Recommendation of administrative monetary penalties made on 13 April 2012. The final penalty order was not read for this review.",
"outcome": "Penalty recommended. Final order not reviewed.",
"claims": "olympus-fees-no-problem olympus-committee-rotten",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sesc-olympus-penalty/"
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{
"case_id": "us-v-olympus-americas",
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"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Olympus Corp. of the Americas, and United States v. Olympus Latin America Inc.",
"filed": "1 March 2016",
"stage": "Three-year deferred prosecution agreements announced on 1 March 2016. Later disposition not reviewed.",
"outcome": "Resolved by deferred prosecution agreements and a civil settlement. No conviction.",
"claims": "olympus-us-kickbacks",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-olympus-americas/"
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"case_id": "us-v-greenwood",
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"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Karl Sebastian Greenwood",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Convicted by guilty plea and sentenced. Sentence affirmed on appeal, final as of October 2026.",
"outcome": "Convicted. 20 year sentence and about US$300 million forfeiture, affirmed on appeal.",
"claims": "onecoin-greenwood-sentence onecoin-no-blockchain-worthless onecoin-company-denial",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-greenwood/"
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"case_id": "us-v-ignatova",
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"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Ruja Ignatova",
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"stage": "Charges pending. Defendant at large, warrant outstanding.",
"outcome": "Pending. Ignatova remains a fugitive as of October 2026.",
"claims": "onecoin-ignatova-charges",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-ignatova/"
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"case_id": "doj-petrobras-npa",
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"authority": "US Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section",
"authority_group": "US Department of Justice",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not stated in the sources read",
"parties": "United States and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras",
"filed": "27 September 2018",
"stage": "Non-prosecution agreement",
"outcome": "Resolved by non-prosecution agreement. No charge filed against the company.",
"claims": "petrobras-executives-bribes petrobras-victim",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/doj-petrobras-npa/"
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{
"case_id": "sec-petrobras-2018",
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"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "File No. 3-18843",
"parties": "In the Matter of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras",
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"stage": "Settled",
"outcome": "Settled",
"claims": "petrobras-executives-bribes petrobras-victim petrobras-class-action",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-petrobras-2018/"
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"case_id": "petrobras-securities-class-action",
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"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "No. 14-cv-9662",
"parties": "In re Petrobras Securities Litigation",
"filed": "Not stated in the sources read",
"stage": "Settlement in principle announced on 3 January 2018 and submitted for court review",
"outcome": "Settlement of US$2.95 billion without admission. Court approval not reviewed here.",
"claims": "petrobras-class-action",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/petrobras-securities-class-action/"
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{
"case_id": "csrc-mof-pwc-zhongtian-2024",
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"authority_group": "Chinese regulators",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "CSRC and Ministry of Finance v. PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Penalties imposed and accepted by the firm.",
"outcome": "Penalised. The firm said it would comply.",
"claims": "pwc-zhongtian-condoned-fraud",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/csrc-mof-pwc-zhongtian-2024/"
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"case_id": "tpb-pwc-2023",
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"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Tax Practitioners Board and PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Decision issued. Separate AFP investigation ongoing as of August 2025.",
"outcome": "Breach found. Police investigation pending.",
"claims": "pwc-australia-tpb-breach pwc-australia-calculated-breach",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/tpb-pwc-2023/"
},
{
"case_id": "hk-evergrande-liquidators-v-pwc",
"organization_id": "pwc",
"authority": "High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region",
"authority_group": "Hong Kong courts and regulators",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Liquidators of China Evergrande Group v. three PwC entities including PwC International",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Application by PwC International to be removed as a defendant rejected. Substantive proceedings pending.",
"outcome": "Pending. Damages of up to RMB 57.9 billion sought.",
"claims": "pwc-zhongtian-condoned-fraud",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/hk-evergrande-liquidators-v-pwc/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-boustani-chang-et-al",
"organization_id": "privinvest",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "18-CR-681 (EDNY)",
"parties": "United States v. Jean Boustani, Manuel Chang and others",
"filed": "2018, indictment unsealed in 2019",
"stage": "Boustani acquitted in 2019. Chang convicted in 2024 and sentenced in 2025. Outcomes differ per defendant",
"outcome": "Mixed. Boustani acquitted, Chang convicted and sentenced, then released from US custody in 2026",
"claims": "privinvest-chang-conviction privinvest-boustani-acquittal",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-boustani-chang-et-al/"
},
{
"case_id": "mozambique-v-privinvest",
"organization_id": "privinvest",
"authority": "High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Commercial Court",
"authority_group": "Courts of England and Wales",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "[2024] EWHC 1957 (Comm)",
"parties": "The Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International and others (Privinvest Defendants)",
"filed": "2019",
"stage": "Judgment given 29 July 2024. Permission to appeal refused 10 December 2024. Privinvest appeal struck out by the Court of Appeal on 6 May 2026, judgment final against Privinvest entities",
"outcome": "Privinvest entities liable, just over US$825 million ordered against Safa and the Privinvest companies, judgment final",
"claims": "privinvest-uk-liability privinvest-denial",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/mozambique-v-privinvest/"
},
{
"case_id": "nigeria-v-pid-s68",
"organization_id": "p-and-id",
"authority": "High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Commercial Court",
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"kind": "Arbitration",
"number": "CL-2019-000752 and CL-2018-000182, [2023] EWHC 2638 (Comm)",
"parties": "The Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Limited",
"filed": "2018 and 2019 (per claim numbers)",
"stage": "Awards set aside. Costs appeals dismissed",
"outcome": "Final. Awards set aside and P&ID to pay costs.",
"claims": "p-and-id-awards-set-aside p-and-id-award-owed p-and-id-bribery-denial p-and-id-arbitration-misconduct",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/nigeria-v-pid-s68/"
},
{
"case_id": "frn-v-pid-directors",
"organization_id": "p-and-id",
"authority": "Federal High Court, Abuja",
"authority_group": "Nigerian courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Federal Republic of Nigeria v. two P&ID directors and P&ID",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Convictions on guilty pleas, per the EFCC",
"outcome": "Convictions on guilty pleas per the prosecutor. Later status not confirmed.",
"claims": "p-and-id-nigeria-conviction",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/frn-v-pid-directors/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-purdue-2007-wdva",
"organization_id": "purdue-pharma",
"authority": "US District Court for the Western District of Virginia",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not confirmed in the records read",
"parties": "United States v. Purdue (OxyContin misbranding)",
"filed": "2007",
"stage": "Guilty plea and court proceeding of 20 July 2007, as described by the US Attorney.",
"outcome": "Guilty plea. Final.",
"claims": "purdue-abuse-liability",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-purdue-2007-wdva/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-purdue-2020-dnj",
"organization_id": "purdue-pharma",
"authority": "US District Court for the District of New Jersey",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not confirmed in the records read",
"parties": "United States v. Purdue Pharma L.P.",
"filed": "2020",
"stage": "Guilty plea entered on 24 November 2020. Sentencing record not read.",
"outcome": "Guilty plea entered.",
"claims": "purdue-2020-plea",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-purdue-2020-dnj/"
},
{
"case_id": "harrington-v-purdue",
"organization_id": "purdue-pharma",
"authority": "Supreme Court of the United States",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "23-124",
"parties": "Harrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Purdue Pharma L.P.",
"filed": "2023",
"stage": "Decided on 27 June 2024, reversed and remanded.",
"outcome": "Reversed and remanded. Purdue filed a new plan, confirmed on 18 November 2025.",
"claims": "purdue-sackler-releases purdue-2025-plan",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/harrington-v-purdue/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-rio-tinto-guinea",
"organization_id": "rio-tinto",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not stated in the sources read",
"parties": "In the Matter of Rio Tinto plc",
"filed": "6 March 2023",
"stage": "Final settled order",
"outcome": "Settled without admitting or denying the findings",
"claims": "rio-tinto-guinea-consultant",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-rio-tinto-guinea/"
},
{
"case_id": "sfo-rio-tinto-guinea",
"organization_id": "rio-tinto",
"authority": "Serious Fraud Office (United Kingdom)",
"authority_group": "UK Serious Fraud Office",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "SFO investigation into the Rio Tinto Group",
"filed": "24 July 2017",
"stage": "Closed in August 2023",
"outcome": "Closed without charges. An Australian Federal Police investigation was live as of August 2023.",
"claims": "rio-tinto-sfo-guinea",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sfo-rio-tinto-guinea/"
},
{
"case_id": "asic-v-rio-tinto-mozambique",
"organization_id": "rio-tinto",
"authority": "Federal Court of Australia",
"authority_group": "Australian authorities",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not stated in the sources read",
"parties": "Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Rio Tinto Limited and others",
"filed": "Not stated in the sources read",
"stage": "Settled in 2022",
"outcome": "A$750,000 penalty for one continuous disclosure contravention. Case against two former executives dismissed.",
"claims": "rio-tinto-asic-no-fraud",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/asic-v-rio-tinto-mozambique/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-mcgraw-hill-sp",
"organization_id": "sp-global-ratings",
"authority": "US District Court for the Central District of California",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC",
"filed": "February 2013",
"stage": "Settled on 3 February 2015 together with claims by 19 states and the District of Columbia.",
"outcome": "Settled. US$687.5 million penalty to the federal government and US$687.5 million to the states and the District of Columbia. No findings of violations of law.",
"claims": "sp-global-ratings-admitted-unlawful-role sp-global-ratings-retaliation sp-global-ratings-without-merit",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-mcgraw-hill-sp/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-sp-global-ratings-2024",
"organization_id": "sp-global-ratings",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "In the Matter of S&P Global Ratings",
"filed": "3 September 2024",
"stage": "Settled order with admissions.",
"outcome": "Settled with a US$20 million penalty and admitted facts.",
"claims": "sp-global-ratings-sec-recordkeeping",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-sp-global-ratings-2024/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-satyam-pw-india",
"organization_id": "satyam",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Press Release 2011-82",
"parties": "SEC v. Satyam Computer Services Limited, and In the Matter of PwC India affiliates",
"filed": "5 April 2011",
"stage": "Settled on 5 April 2011.",
"outcome": "Settled. The release read does not state whether findings were admitted.",
"claims": "satyam-cash-inflated",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-satyam-pw-india/"
},
{
"case_id": "hyderabad-satyam-criminal",
"organization_id": "satyam",
"authority": "Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (special court), Hyderabad, and the Metropolitan Sessions Court, Hyderabad",
"authority_group": "Indian courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Central Bureau of Investigation v. B Ramalinga Raju and others",
"filed": "Not stated in the sources read",
"stage": "Convictions on 9 April 2015. Appeals pending with sentences suspended since 11 May 2015.",
"outcome": "Pending. Appeals against conviction undecided in the records found.",
"claims": "satyam-letter-disowned satyam-2015-conviction satyam-cash-inflated",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/hyderabad-satyam-criminal/"
},
{
"case_id": "sebi-satyam-promoters",
"organization_id": "satyam",
"authority": "Securities and Exchange Board of India, with appeals to the Securities Appellate Tribunal",
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"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "WTM/AN/SRO/SRO/29840/2023-24 (order of 30 November 2023)",
"parties": "SEBI v. B Ramalinga Raju and other Satyam promoters",
"filed": "July 2014",
"stage": "Revised SEBI order dated 30 November 2023. Supreme Court civil appeals of 2017 cited in the order as pending.",
"outcome": "Revised order in force as of the latest record found. Supreme Court appeals pending as cited in the order.",
"claims": "satyam-sebi-1849-crore",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sebi-satyam-promoters/"
},
{
"case_id": "milan-opl245-trial",
"organization_id": "shell",
"authority": "Tribunal of Milan",
"authority_group": "Italian courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published on the pages we read",
"parties": "Milan Public Prosecutor v Royal Dutch Shell plc, Eni S.p.A. and others",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Final acquittal",
"outcome": "Final acquittal",
"claims": "shell-admits-bribes",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/milan-opl245-trial/"
},
{
"case_id": "hague-oruma-goi",
"organization_id": "shell",
"authority": "Court of Appeal of The Hague",
"authority_group": "Dutch courts and prosecutors",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2021:132, ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2021:133 and ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2021:134, as listed on the court release",
"parties": "Milieudefensie and Nigerian farmers v Shell plc and Shell Nigeria",
"filed": "2008",
"stage": "Settled after final liability ruling",
"outcome": "Settled for EUR 15 million",
"claims": "shell-sabotage-oruma-goi shell-dutch-settlement",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/hague-oruma-goi/"
},
{
"case_id": "bille-ogale-v-shell",
"organization_id": "shell",
"authority": "High Court of England and Wales",
"authority_group": "Courts of England and Wales",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "KB-2022-005017, KB-2023-000252 and related claims, [2025] EWHC 1539 (KB)",
"parties": "Alame and others v Shell plc and Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited (formerly SPDC)",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Preliminary issues decided, full trial pending",
"outcome": "Pending. Full trial expected in 2027",
"claims": "shell-bille-ogale-liability",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/bille-ogale-v-shell/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-siemens-ag-fcpa",
"organization_id": "siemens",
"authority": "US District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Richard J. Leon)",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published in the release read",
"parties": "United States v. Siemens AG and three subsidiaries",
"filed": "15 December 2008",
"stage": "Guilty pleas entered and fines imposed. Concluded.",
"outcome": "Guilty pleas. Combined US criminal fines of US$450 million.",
"claims": "siemens-1-4-billion-bribes siemens-800-million-us",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-siemens-ag-fcpa/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-siemens-ag",
"organization_id": "siemens",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published in the release read",
"parties": "Securities and Exchange Commission v. Siemens AG",
"filed": "15 December 2008",
"stage": "Settled by consent judgment without admission or denial. Concluded.",
"outcome": "Settlement without admitting or denying the allegations.",
"claims": "siemens-1-4-billion-bribes siemens-800-million-us",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-siemens-ag/"
},
{
"case_id": "greece-ote-contract-8002",
"organization_id": "siemens",
"authority": "Five-Member Appeals Court for Felonies, Athens",
"authority_group": "Other courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Greek prosecution of former Siemens, Siemens Hellas and OTE executives and intermediaries",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Appeal decided on 26 September 2022. No further step found.",
"outcome": "Most convictions quashed on appeal. One unappealed first-instance sentence stands.",
"claims": "siemens-greek-convictions",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/greece-ote-contract-8002/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-stanford-criminal",
"organization_id": "stanford-financial",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Robert Allen Stanford",
"filed": "2009",
"stage": "Conviction and 110 year sentence affirmed in October 2015, certiorari denied in November 2016. Final.",
"outcome": "Conviction and sentence final.",
"claims": "stanford-financial-conviction stanford-financial-misspend-denial",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-stanford-criminal/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-stanford-civil",
"organization_id": "stanford-financial",
"authority": "US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "3:09-cv-298-N",
"parties": "Securities and Exchange Commission v. Stanford International Bank, Ltd., et al.",
"filed": "17 February 2009",
"stage": "Final judgment entered 29 January 2025, affirmed by the Fifth Circuit on 1 April 2026, certiorari denied 5 October 2026.",
"outcome": "Civil judgment final.",
"claims": "stanford-financial-sec-ponzi stanford-financial-recovery",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-stanford-civil/"
},
{
"case_id": "case-steinhoff-fsca-penalty",
"organization_id": "steinhoff",
"authority": "Financial Sector Conduct Authority (South Africa)",
"authority_group": "South African courts and commissions",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "FSCA v. Steinhoff International Holdings N.V.",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Penalty imposed, remitted and paid",
"outcome": "Final. R53 million paid according to a 2026 report.",
"claims": "steinhoff-fsca-r1-5-billion steinhoff-accounting-irregularities",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/case-steinhoff-fsca-penalty/"
},
{
"case_id": "case-steinhoff-oldenburg",
"organization_id": "steinhoff",
"authority": "Landgericht Oldenburg (Oldenburg Regional Court)",
"authority_group": "German courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Public prosecutor v. former managing directors of Steinhoff Europe Group Services",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Convictions at first instance, not final when reported",
"outcome": "Finality not confirmed. Searches in October 2026 found no report of an appeal outcome.",
"claims": "steinhoff-oldenburg-convictions",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/case-steinhoff-oldenburg/"
},
{
"case_id": "case-steinhoff-liquidation",
"organization_id": "steinhoff",
"authority": "Liquidators of Steinhoff International Holdings N.V.",
"authority_group": "Liquidators and administrators",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. in liquidatie",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Liquidation completed",
"outcome": "Company and shares ceased to exist.",
"claims": "steinhoff-listed-shares",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/case-steinhoff-liquidation/"
},
{
"case_id": "doj-sec-inquiries-smci",
"organization_id": "super-micro",
"authority": "U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Inquiries concerning Super Micro Computer, Inc.",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Document requests disclosed February 2025. Company says it is cooperating with a government investigation, no public charge against the company as of October 2026",
"outcome": "Pending or not public as of October 2026",
"claims": "super-micro-accounting super-micro-committee-cleared super-micro-export",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/doj-sec-inquiries-smci/"
},
{
"case_id": "fi-swedbank-2020",
"organization_id": "swedbank",
"authority": "Finansinspektionen (Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority)",
"authority_group": "Swedish courts and authorities",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published in the release read",
"parties": "Finansinspektionen and Swedbank AB",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Sanction issued on 19 March 2020.",
"outcome": "Warning and SEK 4 billion fine.",
"claims": "swedbank-fi-fine swedbank-clifford-chance",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/fi-swedbank-2020/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-probes-swedbank",
"organization_id": "swedbank",
"authority": "US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, US Securities and Exchange Commission, US Department of Justice",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "US authorities and Swedbank AB",
"filed": "2019",
"stage": "OFAC settled in June 2023. SEC and DOJ closed without enforcement. New York DFS open.",
"outcome": "OFAC settlement. No SEC or DOJ enforcement. DFS pending.",
"claims": "swedbank-us-probes-ongoing",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-probes-swedbank/"
},
{
"case_id": "sweden-v-former-ceo",
"organization_id": "swedbank",
"authority": "Supreme Court of Sweden (Högsta domstolen)",
"authority_group": "Swedish courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "B 7476-24",
"parties": "Swedish Prosecution Authority v. former chief executive of Swedbank",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Acquitted by the Supreme Court on 21 April 2026. Final.",
"outcome": "Acquitted in full.",
"claims": "swedbank-ceo-jailed",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sweden-v-former-ceo/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-ericsson-fcpa",
"organization_id": "ericsson",
"authority": "US Department of Justice and US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US Department of Justice",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "19-CR-884",
"parties": "United States v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson",
"filed": "2019",
"stage": "Plea agreement with probation through June 2024. Expired as of 2 June 2024 per the company.",
"outcome": "Final as to the plea. Ericsson says it continues to cooperate with a DOJ investigation.",
"claims": "ericsson-dpa-breach-plea ericsson-monitor-in-place ericsson-iraq-no-terror-financing",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-ericsson-fcpa/"
},
{
"case_id": "schmitz-v-ericsson",
"organization_id": "ericsson",
"authority": "US District Court for the District of Columbia",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "1:22-cv-02317-CKK",
"parties": "Schmitz v. Ericsson Inc.",
"filed": "5 August 2022",
"stage": "Motions to dismiss fully briefed and pending as of March 2026",
"outcome": "Pending. Ruling on the motions to dismiss is pending.",
"claims": "ericsson-iraq-no-terror-financing",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/schmitz-v-ericsson/"
},
{
"case_id": "wilson-v-ericsson",
"organization_id": "ericsson",
"authority": "US District Court for the District of Columbia",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "1:25-cv-03926-CKK",
"parties": "Wilson v. Ericsson Inc.",
"filed": "12 November 2025",
"stage": "Complaint filed",
"outcome": "Pending.",
"claims": "ericsson-iraq-no-terror-financing",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/wilson-v-ericsson/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-telia",
"organization_id": "telia",
"authority": "US Department of Justice and US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US Department of Justice",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Telia Company AB and United States v. Coscom LLC",
"filed": "21 September 2017",
"stage": "Deferred prosecution agreement for Telia and guilty plea with sentence for Coscom",
"outcome": "Resolved by DPA and plea.",
"claims": "telia-us-dutch-resolution",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-telia/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-telia-order",
"organization_id": "telia",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "In the Matter of Telia Company AB",
"filed": "21 September 2017",
"stage": "Settled administrative order",
"outcome": "Settled order.",
"claims": "telia-us-dutch-resolution",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-telia-order/"
},
{
"case_id": "sweden-telia-executives",
"organization_id": "telia",
"authority": "Stockholm District Court and Svea Court of Appeal",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "B 12201-17 and B 12203-17 (Stockholm District Court)",
"parties": "Swedish Prosecution Authority v. three former Telia executives",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Acquittals upheld on appeal",
"outcome": "Acquittal upheld on appeal. No further appeal found.",
"claims": "telia-swedish-acquittals telia-swedish-disgorgement",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sweden-telia-executives/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-terraform-labs-kwon",
"organization_id": "terraform-labs",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "23-cv-1346 (JSR)",
"parties": "SEC v. Terraform Labs PTE Ltd. and Do Hyeong Kwon",
"filed": "February 2023",
"stage": "Jury verdict of liability on 5 April 2024, resolved by consent judgment entered on 12 June 2024.",
"outcome": "Settled. Terraform and Kwon agreed to pay more than US$4.5 billion.",
"claims": "terraform-labs-sec-jury-verdict terraform-labs-defence-denial",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-terraform-labs-kwon/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-kwon-criminal",
"organization_id": "terraform-labs",
"authority": "US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "23 Cr. 151 (PAE)",
"parties": "United States v. Do Hyeong Kwon",
"filed": "2023",
"stage": "Guilty plea on 12 August 2025, sentenced on 11 December 2025.",
"outcome": "Convicted by guilty plea. Sentenced to 15 years in prison.",
"claims": "terraform-labs-kwon-sentence terraform-labs-130-year-max",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-kwon-criminal/"
},
{
"case_id": "in-re-terraform-labs",
"organization_id": "terraform-labs",
"authority": "US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "In re Terraform Labs Pte. Ltd.",
"filed": "January 2024",
"stage": "Liquidating Chapter 11 plan approved by the bankruptcy court on 20 September 2024.",
"outcome": "Pending. The firm is winding down under the Chapter 11 plan.",
"claims": "",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/in-re-terraform-labs/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-boeing-ndtx",
"organization_id": "boeing",
"authority": "US District Court for the Northern District of Texas",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "4:21-CR-005-O",
"parties": "United States v. The Boeing Company",
"filed": "7 January 2021",
"stage": "Dismissed on the government's motion on 6 November 2025. Crash families' mandamus petitions denied on 31 March 2026, rehearing en banc denied on 22 May 2026, mandate issued on 18 June 2026.",
"outcome": "Dismissed. No conviction entered. Fifth Circuit review denied.",
"claims": "boeing-aeg-deception boeing-breach-honored boeing-plead-guilty boeing-case-dismissed",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-boeing-ndtx/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-goldman-sachs-malaysia",
"organization_id": "goldman-sachs",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published on the release we read",
"parties": "United States v. Goldman Sachs (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.",
"filed": "22 October 2020",
"stage": "Final. GS Malaysia sentenced 9 June 2021 and the charge against the parent dismissed 6 May 2024 under the DPA, per Goldman",
"outcome": "Resolution of more than US$2.9 billion with US and foreign authorities",
"claims": "goldman-1mdb-bribes",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-goldman-sachs-malaysia/"
},
{
"case_id": "goldman-v-malaysia-arbitration",
"organization_id": "goldman-sachs",
"authority": "Arbitral tribunal (forum not named in Goldman's filing, reported by Bloomberg as a London arbitration court)",
"authority_group": "Arbitral tribunals",
"kind": "Arbitration",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v Government of Malaysia",
"filed": "October 2023",
"stage": "Ongoing as of the 10-Q filed 3 August 2026",
"outcome": "Pending. Dispute over crediting of assets against the guarantee and Malaysia's August 2025 demand for about US$1 billion",
"claims": "goldman-malaysia-settlement-settled goldman-interim-payment-owed",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/goldman-v-malaysia-arbitration/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-theranos",
"organization_id": "theranos",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission, action in the US District Court for the Northern District of California",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Securities and Exchange Commission v. Theranos, Inc. and Elizabeth Holmes",
"filed": "14 March 2018",
"stage": "Settled by Theranos and Holmes without admitting or denying, subject to court approval.",
"outcome": "Settlement without admission or denial.",
"claims": "theranos-finger-stick-claim theranos-sec-massive-fraud",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-theranos/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-holmes",
"organization_id": "theranos",
"authority": "US District Court for the Northern District of California, appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Elizabeth Holmes",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Conviction affirmed in February 2025 and rehearing en banc denied on 8 May 2025. No clemency grant listed as of 20 October 2026.",
"outcome": "Conviction final at the circuit level.",
"claims": "theranos-finger-stick-claim theranos-sec-massive-fraud theranos-conviction-upheld",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-holmes/"
},
{
"case_id": "bvi-liquidation-3ac",
"organization_id": "three-arrows-capital",
"authority": "Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands",
"authority_group": "Other courts and authorities",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "In the matter of Three Arrows Capital Ltd",
"filed": "27 June 2022",
"stage": "Liquidation ongoing, joint liquidators from Teneo appointed, asset recovery and creditor claims continuing.",
"outcome": "Pending. Creditor recovery estimated at about 46 per cent in December 2023.",
"claims": "three-arrows-capital-bvi-liquidation",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/bvi-liquidation-3ac/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-chapter-15-3ac",
"organization_id": "three-arrows-capital",
"authority": "US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "22-10920 (MG)",
"parties": "In re Three Arrows Capital, Ltd.",
"filed": "1 July 2022",
"stage": "BVI liquidation recognised as a foreign main proceeding, discovery and asset location continuing.",
"outcome": "Pending. Liquidators pursuing assets and claims, including against the FTX estate.",
"claims": "three-arrows-capital-bvi-liquidation",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-chapter-15-3ac/"
},
{
"case_id": "mas-enforcement-3ac",
"organization_id": "three-arrows-capital",
"authority": "Monetary Authority of Singapore",
"authority_group": "Other courts and authorities",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "MAS enforcement action against Three Arrows Capital Pte. Ltd., Zhu Su and Kyle Livingston Davies",
"filed": "30 June 2022",
"stage": "Reprimand issued June 2022, nine-year prohibition orders against the two directors in force from 13 September 2023.",
"outcome": "Final. Prohibition orders run for nine years to 2032.",
"claims": "three-arrows-capital-mas-prohibition three-arrows-capital-mas-reprimand",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/mas-enforcement-3ac/"
},
{
"case_id": "tse-toshiba-alert-2015",
"organization_id": "toshiba",
"authority": "Tokyo Stock Exchange",
"authority_group": "Japanese courts and authorities",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Tokyo Stock Exchange and Toshiba Corporation",
"filed": "15 September 2015",
"stage": "Designation and penalty imposed.",
"outcome": "Penalty imposed. Shares later delisted on 20 December 2023 after a takeover.",
"claims": "toshiba-committee-figure toshiba-new-future",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/tse-toshiba-alert-2015/"
},
{
"case_id": "fsa-toshiba-penalty-2015",
"organization_id": "toshiba",
"authority": "Financial Services Agency of Japan, on recommendation of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission",
"authority_group": "Japanese courts and authorities",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Financial Services Agency and Toshiba Corporation",
"filed": "7 December 2015",
"stage": "Administrative monetary penalty order issued.",
"outcome": "Penalty of more than JPY 7.3 billion ordered.",
"claims": "toshiba-fsa-penalty",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/fsa-toshiba-penalty-2015/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-trafigura-beheer",
"organization_id": "trafigura",
"authority": "US Department of Justice, with the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida",
"authority_group": "US Department of Justice",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published on the release we read",
"parties": "United States v. Trafigura Beheer B.V.",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Guilty plea entered",
"outcome": "Guilty plea",
"claims": "trafigura-us-brazil-plea",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-trafigura-beheer/"
},
{
"case_id": "swiss-fcc-trafigura-angola",
"organization_id": "trafigura",
"authority": "Swiss Federal Criminal Court, Bellinzona",
"authority_group": "Swiss courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published on the pages we read",
"parties": "Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland v Trafigura Beheer BV and others",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Appeal pending",
"outcome": "Pending. Appeal against the first instance conviction",
"claims": "trafigura-swiss-angola-conviction",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/swiss-fcc-trafigura-angola/"
},
{
"case_id": "amsterdam-probo-koala",
"organization_id": "trafigura",
"authority": "Amsterdam District Court and Amsterdam Court of Appeal",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Public Prosecution Service v Trafigura Beheer B.V. and others",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "Final. Appeals withdrawn after a settlement with the prosecutor on 16 November 2012, per Trafigura",
"outcome": "Conviction and EUR 1 million fine upheld",
"claims": "trafigura-dutch-technical-breach trafigura-probo-koala-no-deaths",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/amsterdam-probo-koala/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-v-vale-edny",
"organization_id": "vale",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Civil",
"number": "Not stated in the sources read",
"parties": "Securities and Exchange Commission v. Vale S.A.",
"filed": "28 April 2022",
"stage": "Settled on 28 March 2023 without admitting or denying, subject to court approval",
"outcome": "Settlement of US$55.9 million without admitting or denying the claims",
"claims": "vale-misled-investors vale-no-admission",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-v-vale-edny/"
},
{
"case_id": "mpf-v-vale-brumadinho",
"organization_id": "vale",
"authority": "2nd Federal Criminal Court of Belo Horizonte, Brazil",
"authority_group": "Brazilian courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not stated in the sources read",
"parties": "Federal Public Prosecutor's Office v. Vale S.A., TUV SUD and individual defendants",
"filed": "January 2023 (charges accepted 24 January 2023)",
"stage": "Evidence hearings under way since 23 February 2026, scheduled to end on 17 May 2027",
"outcome": "Pending. No verdict on homicide or environmental crime charges.",
"claims": "vale-false-declarations-charge",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/mpf-v-vale-brumadinho/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-vimpelcom",
"organization_id": "veon",
"authority": "US Department of Justice and US District Court for the Southern District of New York",
"authority_group": "US Department of Justice",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. VimpelCom Ltd. and United States v. Unitel LLC",
"filed": "18 February 2016",
"stage": "DPA concluded and motion to dismiss deferred charges filed, per VEON",
"outcome": "Resolved. Unitel plea stands. Deferred charges against VEON subject to dismissal motion per the company.",
"claims": "veon-2016-resolution veon-monitor",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-vimpelcom/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-volkswagen-edmi",
"organization_id": "volkswagen",
"authority": "US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "2:16-cr-20394",
"parties": "United States v. Volkswagen AG",
"filed": "11 January 2017",
"stage": "Sentenced. Final.",
"outcome": "Conviction on guilty plea with US$2.8 billion criminal penalty.",
"claims": "volkswagen-defeat-device volkswagen-v6-denial",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-volkswagen-edmi/"
},
{
"case_id": "lg-braunschweig-diesel-managers",
"organization_id": "volkswagen",
"authority": "Landgericht Braunschweig (Braunschweig Regional Court)",
"authority_group": "German courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Public prosecutor v. four former Volkswagen managers",
"filed": "Not published",
"stage": "First instance verdicts on 26 May 2025. Appeal status unverified as of October 2026.",
"outcome": "Not confirmed as final. Appeals were open to the defendants.",
"claims": "volkswagen-braunschweig-managers",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/lg-braunschweig-diesel-managers/"
},
{
"case_id": "sec-in-re-walmart-2019",
"organization_id": "walmart",
"authority": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-19207",
"parties": "In the Matter of Walmart Inc.",
"filed": "20 June 2019",
"stage": "Cease-and-desist order entered on consent on 20 June 2019.",
"outcome": "Final consent order.",
"claims": "walmart-mexico-nyt-2012 walmart-sec-intermediaries walmart-global-resolution",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/sec-in-re-walmart-2019/"
},
{
"case_id": "doj-walmart-npa-2019",
"organization_id": "walmart",
"authority": "US Department of Justice, Criminal Division Fraud Section and US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia",
"authority_group": "US Department of Justice",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. WMT Brasilia S.a.r.l. and non-prosecution agreement with Walmart Inc.",
"filed": "20 June 2019",
"stage": "Non-prosecution agreement with a three-year term. WMT Brasilia pleaded guilty on 20 June 2019.",
"outcome": "Resolved by NPA and subsidiary guilty plea.",
"claims": "walmart-mexico-nyt-2012 walmart-global-resolution",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/doj-walmart-npa-2019/"
},
{
"case_id": "cfpb-wells-fargo-2016",
"organization_id": "wells-fargo",
"authority": "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau",
"authority_group": "US banking regulators",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "In the Matter of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.",
"filed": "8 September 2016",
"stage": "Consent order with a US$100 million penalty, alongside OCC and Los Angeles actions. The OCC's 2016 sales practices consent order was terminated in 2024, according to Wells Fargo.",
"outcome": "Resolved by consent.",
"claims": "wells-fargo-cfpb-accounts-2016 wells-fargo-2016-statement",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/cfpb-wells-fargo-2016/"
},
{
"case_id": "doj-sec-wells-fargo-2020",
"organization_id": "wells-fargo",
"authority": "US Department of Justice and US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"authority_group": "US Securities and Exchange Commission",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "United States v. Wells Fargo & Company (DPA) and In the Matter of Wells Fargo & Company (SEC)",
"filed": "21 February 2020",
"stage": "Deferred prosecution agreement with a three-year term and SEC cease-and-desist order with a US$500 million penalty.",
"outcome": "Resolved by DPA and SEC order. Records on the end of the DPA term were not read.",
"claims": "wells-fargo-cfpb-accounts-2016 wells-fargo-2016-statement",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/doj-sec-wells-fargo-2020/"
},
{
"case_id": "cfpb-wells-fargo-2022",
"organization_id": "wells-fargo",
"authority": "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau",
"authority_group": "US banking regulators",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "In the Matter of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.",
"filed": "20 December 2022",
"stage": "Order requiring over US$2 billion in redress and a US$1.7 billion civil penalty.",
"outcome": "Resolved by order.",
"claims": "wells-fargo-asset-cap-lifted",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/cfpb-wells-fargo-2022/"
},
{
"case_id": "case-wirecard-munich-criminal-trial",
"organization_id": "wirecard",
"authority": "Landgericht München I (Munich Regional Court I)",
"authority_group": "German courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Public prosecutor v. former Wirecard managers",
"filed": "Not published in the sources read",
"stage": "Main hearing ongoing, evidence phase closing, verdict pending as of 8 October 2026",
"outcome": "Pending. Closing speeches and verdict outstanding.",
"claims": "wirecard-ceo-fraud-charges wirecard-ft-singapore-reports wirecard-kpmg-no-evidence",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/case-wirecard-munich-criminal-trial/"
},
{
"case_id": "case-wirecard-insolvency",
"organization_id": "wirecard",
"authority": "Amtsgericht München (Munich District Court)",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Insolvency",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Wirecard AG",
"filed": "25 June 2020",
"stage": "Application filed for insolvency due to impending insolvency and over-indebtedness",
"outcome": "Later stages of the proceedings were not checked for this review.",
"claims": "wirecard-kpmg-no-evidence",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/case-wirecard-insolvency/"
},
{
"case_id": "case-wirecard-journalist-probe",
"organization_id": "wirecard",
"authority": "Staatsanwaltschaft München I (Munich public prosecutor)",
"authority_group": "German courts and authorities",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "Not published",
"parties": "Investigation following a BaFin complaint against several people",
"filed": "2019",
"stage": "Closed as to the two journalists",
"outcome": "Closed for the journalists. Probe into possible short sellers reported as continuing at that date.",
"claims": "wirecard-ft-journalists-probe",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/case-wirecard-journalist-probe/"
},
{
"case_id": "us-v-zte-2017",
"organization_id": "zte",
"authority": "US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division",
"authority_group": "US federal courts",
"kind": "Criminal",
"number": "3:17-CR-0120-K, as read from a scanned plea agreement caption with partly illegible characters",
"parties": "United States v. ZTE Corporation",
"filed": "7 March 2017",
"stage": "Guilty plea entered. Five-year probation ended after a ruling reported on 23 March 2022.",
"outcome": "Guilty plea. Probation completed.",
"claims": "zte-iran-north-korea-plea zte-probation-ended",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/us-v-zte-2017/"
},
{
"case_id": "bis-zte-denial-order",
"organization_id": "zte",
"authority": "US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security",
"authority_group": "US Department of Commerce",
"kind": "Regulatory",
"number": "Not published. The July 2018 termination order is Federal Register document 2018-15633",
"parties": "Bureau of Industry and Security v. ZTE Corporation",
"filed": "7 March 2017",
"stage": "June 2018 settlement in force with a denial order suspended for 10 years.",
"outcome": "Settled. Suspended denial order and compliance coordinators for 10 years.",
"claims": "zte-disciplined-employees",
"url": "https://recordlens.org/cases/bis-zte-denial-order/"
}
]
}