Perth Mint doped its gold to save $620K a year, then hid the failed assays
The state-owned mint diluted gold with silver from 2018, got caught by the Shanghai exchange in 2021, and showed its biggest client only the passing test.
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2,000 公開済みの事例 · 随時更新Paytm's record IPO priced at 26x sales — and crashed 27% on day one
India's largest IPO ever listed at a discount and hit the lower circuit, erasing Rs 38,000 crore in a day — the worst big-IPO debut on record.
事例を読むOSIM's US beachhead cost $77M: its Brookstone venture was written off, chain went bust
OSIM bought into US gadget chain Brookstone to carry its massage chairs, wrote off US$77 million as the chain missed e-commerce, and Brookstone went bust.
事例を読むOptus's World Cup streaming failed on opening weekend of its biggest broadcast bet
Error messages and frozen screens met the fans Optus had lured from pay TV; CEO Allen Lew apologised 'unreservedly' and promised a fix by nightfall.
事例を読むNoumi's CFO hid warehouses of dead stock from the board — $590M write-off
The Milklab operator's finance chief hid dead stock from the board for a year — $100K fine, four-year ban, and a $590M restated write-off.
事例を読むNeiman Marcus told 4.6M customers a hacker took card data — its second big breach
A hacker reached 4.6 million online accounts, exposing 3.1 million payment and virtual gift cards — 85% of them expired or invalid.
事例を読むNCSoft's Blade & Soul 2 launch wiped ₩3.9tn off its market cap in two days
The sequel marketed as a 'pinnacle of action' shipped with Lineage-style pay-to-win mechanics — players revolted and the stock hit a 52-week low.
事例を読むMetigy forecast $135M ARR on $61K of sales — the would-be unicorn imploded
The AI marketing start-up was raising at a $1B valuation while administrators say its revenue was $61,000 a year and its founder had loaned himself $7.7M.
事例を読むMaruyoshi Center sued Softek for ¥229.9M after a 10-year core system renewal failed
The Kagawa supermarket chain picked Softek's RetailFit package in 2016; the system never went live and it had to hire another vendor.
事例を読むMahindra's commuter bike bet sold 4,004 units in a 21-million market
Anand Mahindra admits the 2008 Kinetic buyout and commuter-bike entry was a failure; FY19 sales fell 73% before the pivot to premium bikes.
事例を読むMacquarie financed German cum-ex trades its own lawyers called corrupt
Leaked memos show the bank approved a 300%-return cum-ex plan, pressed on past a 'game over' warning — and now faces a tax-fraud probe.
事例を読むLife Resolutions sold psychologists a dream, then liquidated around them
Two founders banked $260,000 franchise fees on guaranteed incomes, moved the assets to a new company — and left 31 psychologists with the debts.
事例を読むLeighton's books were falsified over $21M in sham payments — ex-CFO convicted
A fake steel deal dressed two $12.5M outflows as 'marketing' and a loan; a jury found the former CFO falsified the accounts.
事例を読むKorea's FTC fined Kumho Asiana 32 billion won for funnelling support to Bus Lines
A 30-year catering deal tied to zero-interest bonds and 130.6 billion won of cheap affiliate loans propped up the owner family's control vehicle.
事例を読むKakaoTalk's 15-year overhaul lasted five days — and cost Kakao ₩1.64 trillion
Kakao turned its messenger's Friends tab into an Instagram-style ad feed without user testing, then rolled it back after stock and users revolted.
事例を読むIndiGo paid Rs 2.1 crore to settle a Sebi case over board disclosure lapses
Sebi said IndiGo's board never saw the EY related-party review and got a decisive legal opinion six minutes before a meeting; IndiGo paid Rs 2.1 crore.
事例を読むHyundai Pakistan's Kashmir solidarity post put its India business in the crossfire
A Kashmir Day post from the carmaker's Pakistani arm triggered boycott calls across India — its second-largest car market — within a day.
事例を読むHuawei's $54 phone promo drew queues, police — and 5,000 apology vouchers
Stock ran out before stores opened at Huawei's Singapore Y6 Pro promotion for seniors; a woman was arrested and Huawei issued $100 vouchers to 5,000.
事例を読むGIVA pulled its Kriti Sanon Raksha Bandhan ad after an outfit-outrage backlash
The jewellery brand's festive spot extended Raksha Bandhan to pets; viewers fixated on the star's outfit, and the campaign came down.
事例を読むFreedom Foods restated an $11.6M profit into a $145.8M loss — ASIC moved in
The cereal maker's write-downs hit $590M, its chairman, CEO and CFO all went, and payments to staff had run without board approval since 2014.
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