Prince Bank built on one founder's empire was liquidated by Cambodia's central bank
After US/UK sanctions and its founder's extradition, Cambodia's central bank liquidated Prince Bank, exposing ~200,000 customers to potential losses.
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3,222 CASOS PUBLICADOS · ATUALIZADOS REGULARMENTELG's front knobs: five hundred thousand ranges that caught fire on their own
LG recalled about 500,000 electric ranges after front-mounted knobs were switched on by accidental contact, igniting at least 28 fires.
Ler o casoeToro's $52 IPO broke down: shares fell 43% to below $30 within nine months
Priced at $52 in May 2025, eToro's stock closed below $30 by February 2026 (down 43%), as the crypto-driven retail-broker premium unwound once volumes cooled.
Ler o casoNora, Nancy's oldest jeweller, closed after Rolex pulled its brand
The Lepage group bought Nora, Nancy's oldest jeweller, in 2024 — but when Rolex withdrew its brand, the store was no longer viable and closed in March 2026.
Ler o casoMaison Chambert ran 49 years on Place Wilson, then closed and cut stock prices
Toulouse fine jeweller Maison Chambert ceased trading in June 2025 after nearly 50 years, then auctioned leftover stock at a tenth of the shop price.
Ler o casoAirbus grounded some 6,000 A320-family jets after a flight-control software fault
A JetBlue A320 made an uncommanded descent mid-flight, and Airbus traced it to a flight-control software update and grounded some 6,000 jets.
Ler o casoWinklevosses' Gemini crypto exchange IPO fell ~80% and drew a class action
Underpriced and 20x oversubscribed, Gemini's stock fell from a $3B market cap to ~$700M, and a March 2026 class action accused it of false IPO statements.
Ler o casoFigma's IPO popped 250% on day one, then fell ~81% from its peak
Underpriced at $33 into 40x demand, Figma's stock opened at $85, hit $143, then fell ~81% as an early lockup release and insider selling unwound the surge.
Ler o casoBurger King shrank to one Hong Kong airport store — 30 years of urban presence gone
Burger King, in Hong Kong since the 1980s and once 20+ stores strong, closed its last urban outlet at The Peak on 31 Aug 2025.
Ler o casoNationale Rijschool promised a licence in 8 days and free retakes — they weren't
A driving school's '8 days' and 'free retake exams' claims hid the conditions: 15 lessons and a 10-lesson purchase. The RCC said the nuance was missing.
Ler o casoMixue Malaysia job ad 'Malays and Chinese only' pulled after race backlash
A Malaysian Mixue branch's job ad excluded Indian applicants. After a race-discrimination backlash, the company removed the ad and promised diversity.
Ler o casoHyundai's front camera software slammed the brakes for nothing — 421,000 cars recalled
A front camera software bug made Tucson/Santa Cruz hybrids brake suddenly, linked to 4 crashes. Hyundai recalled 421,078 vehicles (NHTSA 26V316, May 2026).
Ler o casoCyrusOne's Aurora data centre chiller failure froze global futures trading for 10 hours
A chiller failure at CyrusOne's CHI1 site overheated CME's exchange, halting global futures for 10 hours. CME bet the outage was brief and skipped its DR site.
Ler o casoLivestreamer Xu Jingwan (许静婉) hid income in private accounts and lost ¥6.3m to fines
Six-million-follower livestreamer Xu Jingwan hid ¥3.1m of income in private accounts; the tax authority fined her ¥6.3m and the case became a national example.
Ler o casoScoupy's 'Extra cashback €30' health-switch ad upheld for hiding the deal had ended
Scoupy's app promised 'Extra cashback €30' on a health-insurer switch. The €30 deal had ended and only 10 insurers — not 28 — qualified.
Ler o casoProvision: a Fukuoka firm's e-commerce pivot cut sales from ¥530M to ¥150M
Provision, a Fukuoka software firm that had moved into e-commerce, was ordered into bankruptcy in July 2026 with sales down to ¥150M from a ¥530M peak.
Ler o casoNissan's '80 kW fast-charging' Townstar ad upheld as misleading by the Dutch RCC
Nissan advertised the Townstar EV with an '80 kW fast-charge' connector. On the road it held the peak a minute, then dropped — an omission.
Ler o casoNICONI's 'tan vanish in 20 minutes' before-and-after ad upheld by ASCI
A NICONI Tan Vanish ad showed skin transforming in 20 minutes — 'look at that colour difference!' No clinical evidence, no response filed. ASCI upheld.
Ler o casoNo software fix for a battery that burns — 320,000 Jeeps parked outside
Chrysler recalled 320,065 plug-in hybrid Jeeps after damaged battery cells caused 19 fires, nine in vehicles that already got the software fix.
Ler o casoTsai A-Ga (蔡阿嘎)'s AI-versus-painter poll sparked a 150K-signature boycott
Taiwan creator Tsai A-Ga paid a Tokyo painter NT$200, then posted an 'AI vs painter' poll mocking the result — fans launched a 150,000-signature boycott.
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