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Business · 💼 Biggest celebrity frauds ranked: Ebbers's $11B WorldCom first
Nine cases rest on court outcomes, one on a guilty plea. Several defendants appealed, and Kenneth Lay died before sentencing. ⏳
Business · ⚖️ Delaware Supreme Court restores Musk's $56B Tesla pay
A judge had voided it. The justices awarded $1 in damages, cut the $345M fee and left the findings on Musk's control standing. 📌
Business · 🏦 Wells Fargo fake accounts: $185M fine, $3B deal, cap lifted
The bank called its conduct "reprehensible" in 2020, but settled the 2016 case without admitting or denying the findings. Asset cap lifted 2025. 🗣️
Celebrity · 🍳 Martha Stewart prison: 5 months for lying about her ImClone sale
Plus a $30,000 fine. She said she'd done nothing wrong and her lawyer said she'd appeal; the SEC case settled in 2006 with no admission. 🗣️
Money · 📉 Bill Hwang gets 18 years for Archegos; banks lost about $10B
His firm was once worth $36B. Hwang denies wrongdoing, and his lawyer has indicated he intends to appeal. 🗣️
Money · 🗳️ Giuliani ordered to pay $148M to election workers, then settled
He called the jury's figure absurd and promised an appeal. The 2025 settlement let him keep his homes; what the women got wasn't disclosed. 🔒
Celebrity · 🎬 Johansson and Disney settled the Black Widow pay suit
Two months after filing, terms undisclosed. Disney said it "fully complied" with her contract; her side said Disney breached it. 🗣️
Sports · ⚽ Man City found guilty on 114 of 115 charges; club appeals
The case covers an £830.69m sponsorship scheme. City say they are innocent; no sanction is set and the written reasons aren't public. ⏳
Money · 💸 Divorce settlement fights: Hamm's returned check, Irving's 'lie'
Sue Ann Arnall sent back a ~$975M check, Amy Irving called her $100M figure 'a lie', Rybolovlev's accounts froze. Six fights over the money. 📌
Business · 🤖 Judge OKs Anthropic's $1.5B authors' deal; OpenAI case waits
One court-approved payout for pirated books, one fair-use ruling on training, no merits ruling yet in the Times suit. OpenAI says its use is fair. ⏳
Sports · ⚾ Astros fined $5M, lose four draft picks; Hinch, Luhnow suspended
Luhnow denies knowing and later sued the team. A rival pitcher's suit was partly dismissed over venue; the Astros declined to comment. 🗣️
Business · 🧾 Trump Organization convicted on 17 tax fraud counts
Trump was not charged. Weisselberg's deal: nearly $2M and five months. The company called its liability "simply preposterous". 🗣️
Business · 👟 Adidas ended its Ye deal, warning of a €250M hit
Bloomberg put the deal's 2020 revenue near $1.7bn. Ye says he was two months from bankruptcy and disputes Forbes' wealth estimates. 🗣️
Celebrity · 📸 $45 negatives: Norsigian agrees not to use Ansel Adams's name
Norsigian's appraiser valued the 65 negatives at $200M; the Adams trust called that ridiculous. The settlement terms are confidential. 🔒
Money · ⚖️ Biggest celebrity lawsuits ranked: Apple's $1B Samsung win leads
Paltrow's $1 countersuit trails. Apple's award was cut to $539M before the two sides settled on undisclosed terms. 🔒
Sports · ⚾ Biggest sports punishments: Astros' $5M fine, two firings top
Luhnow denied knowing, Brady admitted no wrongdoing and the Pakistan cricketers denied the charges. These are the rulings on record. 🗣️
Sports · ⚾ A-Rod dropped his suits after a 162-game ban cost him $25M
In 2014 he said he never used banned substances; the Miami Herald later reported a DEA summary says he told federal agents otherwise. 🗣️
Royals · 👑 Infanta Cristina must pay €265,000; Urdangarin gets 6 years
Cleared of the criminal charge, she was ordered to pay as a civil matter. Both denied wrongdoing, BBC News reported; the verdict was open to appeal. ⏳
Royals · ✉️ Meghan wins £1 privacy damages over her letter to her father
Associated Newspapers said it was "very disappointed". The copyright sum and final legal costs are not public. 🗣️
Royals · 👑 Juan Carlos paid €5.1M; prosecutors shelved two probes
The fines and back taxes came first. In March 2022 prosecutors said they found no prosecutable evidence; his lawyer says he was cleared. 🗣️
Influencer · 🎟️ TanaCon folded hours after opening; Tana promised refunds
Mongeau said 20,000 people tried to get into the 2018 Anaheim event; police put the crowd at 4,000 to 5,000. She and the organizers promised refunds. 📌
Influencer · 🎮 Tfue sued FaZe Clan, says it took up to 80% of his brand pay
FaZe said it collected $60,000 from those deals and offered him all the money, which he rejected. How either suit ended is unknown. 🗣️
Influencer · 🍔 MrBeast sues, says burger partner trademarked his name unpaid
Virtual Dining Concepts countersued, saying he walked from a "promising deal". A customer class action over a $3.16 tax charge is also on record. 🗣️
Influencer · 📉 FaZe Clan stock fell below $1 six months after a $725M debut
Pitched near a $1B valuation, priced at $725M, then under $1 a share within six months: a Nasdaq delisting notice and a fired CEO. 📌