crime Wells Fargo's ex-CEO will pay $17.5m in fines and never work in banking again (but he is still very, very rich) Cory Doctorow
crime George Santos will formally confess to his crimes rather than face prosecution in Brazil Jason Weisberger
Hypocrites Dr. Oz vows to "end illegal immigration" while family biz faced historical fine for undocumented workers Carla Sinclair
con artists Netflix paid con artist Anna Sorokin $320k and made her the star of her victims' story Rob Beschizza
haw haw haw The city of Fullerton had to pay $350,000 to two bloggers it had sued for "hacking" its Dropbox folder Mark Frauenfelder
corporatism The sordid tale of Microsoft's epic tax evasion and the war they waged against the IRS Cory Doctorow
Business The DoJ's corporate "diversion" program is supposed to change bad corporate culture, but really, it enables repeat offenders Cory Doctorow
grand old pedophiles Jeffrey Epstein pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges in Manhattan federal court Xeni Jardin
politics Manafort worked with Kilimnik, reported Russian operative, even after criminal charges: Reports Xeni Jardin
congressional bad behavior Congressperson Dana Rohrabacher calls cops on citizen for asking questions Jason Weisberger
uk UK tax authority, gutted by austerity and buried by Brexit, can't deal with the crime revealed by the Paradise Papers Cory Doctorow