racketeering
Class Sues Wells Fargo Over Unnecessary Auto Insurance
In the aftermath of a $185 million settlement with the feds over the opening of unauthorized customer accounts, consumers hit Wells Fargo with another federal class action – this time on claims the bank charged over 800,000 borrowers for auto insurance they didn’t need.
Read moreGerman Automakers
A pair of antitrust class actions filed Friday in federal court accuse big German automakers – BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Daimler – of colluding on technology development since the 1990s, allowing them to charge premium prices without the cost of independent innovation.
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Feds Indict 23 Members of Motorcycle Gang on RICO Charges
Federal authorities Friday arrested several transnational motorcycle gang members and charged them in a federal indictment alleging racketeering, murder, robbery, kidnapping and other charges.
Read moreTomato Bribery
A federal judge found that Ingomar Packing Co. and Los Gatos Tomato Products did not engage in the two or more acts needed to prove a RICO charge in a bid-rigging and price-fixing scheme on tomato products alleged by competitor Morning Star.
Read moreMultilevel Marketer Arbonne Called a Pyramid Scheme
Arbonne, an multilevel marketer of health and beauty products that claims to have generated $541 million in revenue last year, is a pyramid scheme, according to a class action RICO complaint in Southern California.
Read moreClass Accuses Market America of Racketeering
Two distributors for Market America claim the company’s $7.3 billion valuation comes from millions of people who have lost money after enrolling in the pyramid scheme, including Chinese-Americans whom the company targets to sell products to relatives in Asia.
Read moreOil-Rig Servicer Sued for Hiring Foreign Workers
A staffing company claims in a federal racketeering lawsuit that a Houston offshore oil services firm saved more than $850,000 in labor costs by hiring foreigners, flouting federal law that mandates the hiring of American workers for jobs in U.S. waters.
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VW Dealer Seeks $40M for Emissions-Scandal Losses
A Volkswagen dealership that opened just weeks after the carmaker’s emissions fraud became public knowledge seeks $40 million in damages, claiming Volkswagen blamed the dealership for poor sales rather than taking responsibility for the scandal.
Read moreEvidence-Manipulation Claims Dog Asbestos Lawyer
Describing a far-reaching conspiracy in asbestos litigation, an Illinois manufacturer brought a federal complaint against a Pennsylvania law firm that brags about the number of multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements it has won for mesothelioma clients.
Read moreRICO Suit Accuses Jackson Hewitt of Tax-Refund Scam
Tax-preparation service Jackson Hewitt alters its clients’ tax returns without their knowledge to create refunds which it put in a bank account and cashed, according to a federal racketeering class action filed Monday.
Read moreDozens of Gang Members Indicted in Texas
A South Texas gang that started in the 1980s as a sandlot-football team now specializes in drug trafficking and robbery, federal prosecutors claim in an indictment charging 25 Tri-City Bombers with a racketeering conspiracy.
Read moreAdvoCare Supplements Called a Pyramid Scheme
A federal class action accuses multi-level marketing giant AdvoCare of securities fraud and racketeering: running a pyramid scheme that sells “overpriced” nutritional supplements through plaintiff distributors.
Read more‘Shrimp Boy’ Chow Associate Charged With Murder
A Las Vegas man has been charged in the murder of prominent Chinatown businessman Allen Leung, who was shot to death by masked gunmen in his import-export shop in 2006.
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