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 CASOS PUBLICADOS · ATUALIZADOS REGULARMENTEPaytm'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.
Ler o casoOSIM'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.
Ler o casoOptus'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.
Ler o casoNoumi'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.
Ler o casoNeiman 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.
Ler o casoNCSoft'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.
Ler o casoMetigy 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.
Ler o casoMaruyoshi 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.
Ler o casoMahindra'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.
Ler o casoMacquarie 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.
Ler o casoLife 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.
Ler o casoLeighton'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.
Ler o casoKorea'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.
Ler o casoKakaoTalk'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.
Ler o casoIndiGo 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.
Ler o casoHyundai 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.
Ler o casoHuawei'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.
Ler o casoGIVA 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.
Ler o casoFreedom 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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