Swarovski's family feuded over restructuring — 6,000 jobs, then outsiders took over
Swarovski's family feuded over the 2020 restructuring while revenue fell a third. 6,000 jobs went; the family CEO and CFO left; an outsider took over.
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2,000 CASOS PUBLICADOS · ATUALIZADOS REGULARMENTESumitomo Rubber faked marine fender test data for 30 years — ISO 9001 revoked
A 2021 audit found the Kakogawa plant had rewritten marine-fender test data for three decades to ship below-spec product; ISO 9001 was yanked within a month.
Ler o casoSigma-Tau raised an orphan drug 500x — regulators fined it €20.5M
Italian pharma Sigma-Tau (now Leadiant) raised the price of a lifesaving orphan drug from €0.28 to €140 per capsule, then fought regulators and lost.
Ler o casoVector Marketing was accused of running a pyramid scheme targeting high school kids
Cutco sold knives through a model critics called a pyramid scheme — targeting teenagers, requiring kit deposits, paying in recruitment commissions.
Ler o casoGap bet its revival on Kanye — the 10-year Yeezy deal died in 28 months
Gap shares jumped 40% on a 10-year Yeezy deal with Kanye West in 2020; in October 2022 Gap stripped its shelves and shut the store.
Ler o casoStar Health denied a 31M-customer data leak while Telegram bots sold medical records
India's biggest standalone health insurer spent weeks calling the sale of 3.1 crore customers' medical data on Telegram 'rumours' before confirming a breach.
Ler o casoCoinFLEX let one trader run a negative balance — then froze all withdrawals
A crypto exchange's own leverage rules let a single counterparty's account go $47M negative; when it couldn't collect, it suspended withdrawals for everyone.
Ler o casoTaichi Kokubun's compliance breach erased six shows, four ads and TOKIO
Nippon TV cited 'multiple compliance violations' by Taichi Kokubun; within days his ads were pulled, TOKIO disbanded and a ¥4-5bn penalty loomed.
Ler o casoNuScale's flagship SMR plant died when its power price hit $89/MWh and subscribers fled
The only NRC-certified SMR design's first US plant was terminated in 2023 after its cost rose 75% to $9.3bn and its municipal subscribers walked away.
Ler o casoCoinrail deleted its compensation clause ten days before losing a third of its coins
Coinrail lost ~$37M from its hot wallet, then paid users in its own falling token — ten days after deleting the clause promising cash compensation.
Ler o casoChina Metal Recycling: 'China's scrap king' was a fraud — Hong Kong wound it up
The 'largest scrap metal recycler in China' faked shipments from before its IPO; a short seller's report triggered Hong Kong's first public-interest wind-up.
Ler o casoLelecha put Lu Xun's face on a milk tea as a 'homage.' The court called it infringement.
A tea brand's Lu Xun 'homage' cup used portraits it hadn't cleared. Pulled in four days, it lost a copyright suit: ¥200,000 damages and a court-ordered apology.
Ler o casoSeungri's scandal cost YG 110 billion won in a day — and the contract six weeks later
The Burning Sun scandal erased 110 billion won of YG's market value in a day; YG ended Seungri's contract, and a military court sentenced him to three years.
Ler o casoAcrif recalled 6.3M frozen food packs after an insider sprayed pesticide on the line
A contract worker sprayed malathion on frozen pizzas and nuggets; odor complaints sat unconnected for six weeks and the recall ended the Acrif brand.
Ler o casoShawyer's EmDrive: twenty years of selling an engine that broke physics
A British engineer spent two decades selling a reactionless drive; the only thrust anyone could confirm was a warm scale.
Ler o casoConsumers Distributing was Canada's catalog retailer — $1B in sales, then bankrupt in 1996
A Canadian catalog pioneer that sold watches, jewelry and electronics from 460 stores and $1B in revenue — then Walmart and debt killed it.
Ler o casoApple's $120M Emancipation bet collapsed with one slap at the Oscars
Apple paid $120M+ for Will Smith's Emancipation as a prestige awards bet; the 2022 Oscars slap delayed it, and the film ended with zero Oscar nominations.
Ler o casoA crude DDoS flood halted New Zealand's stock exchange four days running
Volumetric DDoS attacks from offshore knocked out NZX's connectivity four days in a row in August 2020, halting cash, debt and derivatives trading.
Ler o casoJérôme Kerviel lost $6.7B at Société Générale — the largest rogue trading loss ever
A junior trader hid €50B in unauthorized bets on European index futures. Société Générale lost €4.9B unwinding them — more than the bank was worth.
Ler o casoThe shortest car endorsement in history: Infiniti dropped Wang Leehom after 35 hours
Infiniti announced singer Wang Leehom as its ambassador and cut him 35 hours later — then sued him for ¥20 million.
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