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Chisso

A Japanese chemical company polluted a bay so much, they mined the mercury from it. CRACKED COM The bay polluted by Chisso Corporation had sediment containing up to 2 kg of mercury per ton. This con- centration made mining economically viable, so the company set up a subsidi- ary to do just that. — Source

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John Malkovich

CRACKED.COM 09 LEY CF T EY C FO John Malkovich and Larry King lost $1.7M and $700,000, respectively, to Bernie Madoff's investing scheme. King was fortunate enough to get all of his money back, while Malkovich only got $508,000 back, which he claimed ruined him financially. — Source

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In a case of health care billing fraud, one doctor billed for 205 hours in one day. CRACKED.COM In the most extensive case of health care billing fraud in US Department of Justice history, 243 people were busted for fraudulent billing to the tune of $712 million. — Source

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15 Stunning Frauds That Somehow Took People In - Stringfellow was elected to Congress as a paraplegic war hero. Two years later, it came out that he d — Source: NY Times

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Beanie Babies

The creator of Beanie Babies was charged with tax fraud. The billionaire creator Ty Warner had to pay a $100,000 fine but no jail time (?!) for hiding millions of dollars. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 (Forgotten) 90's Things

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Fox News used the fact that food stamp fraud cost the government $70 million to argue that it may be time to stop the program. V/Fox insider LATEST TR

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Trump attorney Sidney Powell argued that no reasonable person would believe her election fraud claims. IAL2 That's her legal team's defense in a billion-dollar defamation suit against her. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Guardian

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Extortion

CRACKED BROOKLYN BISHOP BUSTED FOR FRAUD, LIES. Bishop Lamor Whitehead, a pastor from Brooklyn, was arrested on charges of wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, attempted extortion and making a material false statement. Не is accused of defrauding a parishioner of $90,000, attempting to extort a businessman and lying to the FBI. FJF — CNN

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Bethenny Frankel hawked sketchy diet cocktails. Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel, who is presented on Real Housewives of New York City as something of a boozehound, decided to parlay her marginal fame into selling low-calorie (not so much) hooch called Skinnygirl Cocktails. ikinnygirl Skinnygirl Sadly, instead of being all natural, her products contained enough carcinogenic chemical preservatives to result in their removal from Whole Foods shelves, leading to a false advertising lawsuit. CRACKED.COM — Source

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McDonald’s

Meanwhile, Their CEO Earns Millions C O E CRACKED.COM In 2017, as the strikes and lawsuits poured in, the CEO of McDonald's earned almost $22 million. That's thanks in part to a 69% pay raise two years earlier, which is not, in fact, nice. — Forbes

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Since COVID-19, more and more companies are installing “bossware” on their workers' computers.

Real-Life Dystopian Tropes BOSSWARE Since COVID-19, there has been a rise of companies offering software that tracks workers' every move, keystroke, and location. This bossware is often installed without the worker's knowledge, and can be used to collect data for lawsuits or other nefarious purposes. CRACKED — Jr images/Shutterstock
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Quaker Oats fed kids radioactive oatmeal in the '40s and '50s. O SPRINTALLY That's according to a class action lawsuit from 1995 - apparently, Quaker Oats and MIT gave students at the Fernald State School oatmeal with radioactive iron and calcium. Quaker Oats and MIT settled out of court for $1.85 million. CRACKED.COM — Source

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McDONALD'S VEGETABLE OIL NTXX CRACKED.COM In 1990, McDonald's switched from beef fat to vegetable oil to cook their fries. Vegetarians were thrilled until discovering the vegetable oil still contained beef products. A lawsuit awarded $10 mill to Hindu and vegetarian groups. — Source: rd

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Lawyers call San Francisco the Food Court from all the class-action suits against food companies. GRAGKED COM Slack Fill lawsuits are suits aimed at food com- panies for packing their food only a fraction of each container's capacity. The majority of the U.S. suits are filed from North- ern California. — Source

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Marketing: 1; American Teens: 0

CRACKED The healthy alternative to cigarettes is causing an epidemic of nicotine addiction. Juul Labs' marketing strategy has been under scrutiny since the company's rise to the top of the e-cigarette market. A recent surge in lawsuits and investigations has exposed Juul's targeting of children and adolescents through social media, schools, and stealthy design features. The result is an epidemic of nicotine addiction among American teens. JUUI — Drug Watch / USA Today

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Reba Rudkin opened the floodgates for justice.

When the little guy beat The Man Reba Rudkin takes on Johns-Manville In 1974, a lawsuit against the Johns- Manville company was filed on behalf of Rudkin, which uncovered evidence of fraud and conspiracy. This allowed other workers at the Pittsburgh plant to sue the company and win punitive damages. JOHNS MEERVICE SERVICE COVER no CONTINENT Through- Asbestos and its allied products JOHNS-MANVILLE CRACKED JOUNG M Serva in Conservation — Wiki Commons
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Pandora Radio didn't pay its employees for 2 years. 10 CRACKED.COM Pandora co-founder Tim Westergren claimed he didn't know he was break- ing the law. It took ven- ture capital money in 2004, and two lawsuits, to pay the 50 employees the $2 million owed. — Source

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The Pentagon wasted $5 billion on a plane that was never made. The A-12 Stealth Bomber was billed as a long-range bomber for the 21st century, but the development program just fizzled out after burning a bunch of money and never produced anything (except lawsuits). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Quaker Oats was sued by a woman who thought Cap'N'Crunch had real berries. CRACKED.COM Jeanine Sugawara felt tricked that the Crunch Berries cereal didn't have a single real berry, so she sued Quaker Oats on the grounds of false advertis- ing. The case was quickly dismissed. — Source

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Wealthy Russians hire fake ambulances to speed through traffic. 03 CRACKED.COM С827АУ The ambulance-taxis are equipped with plush interiors and are being rented our to VIP commuters too good to sit in traffic like the rest of us. — Source

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Hypocrisy

WEIRD WORLD A top British official who investigated lockdown parties held one of his own. Specifically, he was supposed to investigate lockdown parties being held in government ... ... and then it turned out they held one in his office. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Eric Clapton

WEIRD WORLD Eric Clapton sued a 55-year-old German widow-and, yes, he actually won. What was the suit over? Selling a bootleg CD for $11 on eBay. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Racist Monopoly

A board game released called Blacks & Whites was basically a racist Monopoly. EHALL 0 COMPANY ELECTRIC £150 ٢٩٨٨ MALL PALL CRACKED.COM The game explores issues of racial inequality by treating players differently based on the race in which they play, demonstrating how the odds were stacked against some races in com- parison to others. — Source

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There was a product sold to fishermen in the '80s and '90s called the Electric Worm Getter. CRACKED COM It sent an electric shock through the top layer of soil forcing the worms to surface. It had to be recalled in 1993 after 30 people died using it. — Source

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The Dawn of the Light Beer

The movement for Prohibition led to American beer-makers moving towards lighter, blander beers. MARK REGISTERLU AMERIC BUD LIGHT BREWED USING THE CHOICEST HOPS AND BARLEY MALT CRACKED.COM In the early part of the 20th century, brewers tried to emphasize that beer was healthier than whiskey. Today, Bud Light alone has a greater market share than all craft beers com- bined. — Source

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Getty Images sold unauthórized licenses of photos donated to the Library of Congress. CRACKED.COM Carol Highsmith donated 100,000 of these images and then received a letter from Getty, demanding $120 for displaying them on her personal website. Highsmith sued for $1 bil- lion, but lost. — Source

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Sears

Sears tried to scam the inventor of a quick-release ratchet. SEARS Peter Roberts sold his in- vention to Sears for $10,000 who said that it was not worth very much. Sears then went on to make $44 million selling it, so he sued them for fraud and was awarded $1 million. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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$200 million in gold and silver bullion was buried under the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks. GUISSE EGLIO GOLD 6'660 KANGA Comex, the commodities exchange, kept thousands of gold and silver bars stacked on pallets in a warehouse beneath the city surface. All 29,942,619 ounces were recovered. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The UK dumped about 1.17 million tons of weapons in a deep sea trench. The sea above Beaufort Dyke They kept dumping both conventional and chemical weapons from the '20s to the '70s into Beaufort Dyke, which has caused underwater explosions over the years. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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H&R Block

Filing your taxes is complicated because of industry lobbying. Companies like Intuit (of TurboTax) and H&R Block are just too invested in you needing their services. That's why they keep pouring millions into preventing your taxes from getting easier to file. Then they pump out ads telling you how the only want to help you. + U.S. Corporation - INM ITEM 1040 CRACKED.COM CM U.S Individus - - - Form Status - - - I — Source

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Corporate Basketball

In the Philippines, basketball teams are corporate-owned. Tender Juicy HOTDOO Each team only serves as its corporation's marketing tool. Their names change often, depending on what the company wants to sell: for example, there used to be a team called Kia Sorento that became Kia Carnival. And the Purefoods Star Hotshots were Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs, then Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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