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Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 2 controversies, including “Mashreqbank: $40 million settlement over AML and sanctions compliance deficiencies” and “Mashreqbank: $100 million settlement over breaches of US sanctions against Sudan”.
2 controversies · 3 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “BUA–Dangote mining rights dispute and request for presidential intervention” and “Cement: domestic oligopoly and pricing power of major producers”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “WeWork leasing buildings owned by Adam Neumann: conflicts of interest involving related-party leases” and “WeWork loans to Neumann and WE Holdings, including $362 million loan for early exercise of options”.
18 controversies · 30 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Section 59: findings of racially discriminatory effects in healthcare provider monitoring systems” and “Competition Commission investigation into alleged collusion among major insurers”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Reliance Aston Martin crash: public speculation over driver's identity, ultimately attributed by police to a chauffeur” and “Jio launch: interconnection dispute and mutual accusations involving incumbent operators”.
5 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Naval technical lieutenant and participation in Japanese wartime research committee” and “Western Electric transistor licence signed despite MITI's initial opposition”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “Global unintended acceleration crisis and mass recalls: testimony before US Congress” and “$1.2 billion criminal settlement: Toyota acknowledges misleading consumers and authorities about accelerator defects”.
14 controversies · 23 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Presidential palaces funds: conviction for embezzlement of public funds” and “Stock market manipulation: detention and trial followed by acquittal in 2020”.
6 controversies · 13 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Civil conviction for partial copyright infringement in book about Spinoza” and “Second copyright infringement judgment concerning his book on René Bousquet”.
11 controversies · 20 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2011 pay rise challenged amid job cuts and industrial dispute” and “Worldwide grounding of Qantas fleet during industrial dispute”.
10 controversies · 19 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
British entrepreneur, founder of Amstrad, former Tottenham Hotspur chairman and presenter of The Apprentice.
10 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Walloon steel industry: sales commission system and accusations of privatising gains while socialising losses” and “1988 Société Générale de Belgique takeover battle: sale at the peak and substantial capital gain during a national control crisis”.
4 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “2011: "Team Themis" project targeting WikiLeaks and criticism — Karp's public apology and break with HBGary” and “2012–2018: secret predictive policing partnership in New Orleans”.
14 controversies · 22 sources
Business and billionaires
Businessman, former KGB officer and media investor.
7 controversies · 10 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “€13.9 million remuneration at Fnac Darty and 'superbonus' controversy” and “Carrefour 2022 plan: 2 400 voluntary departures and disposal of 273 former Dia stores”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Elliott fund attacks Pernod Ricard's performance and governance” and “Allegations of pressure to drink alcohol in professional settings”.
8 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Transfer of residence to Switzerland and controversy over lost Belgian tax revenue” and “Unsuccessful appeal in his €144 million claim against Ageas”.
10 controversies · 20 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 17 controversies, including “30-day PFDK sanction for statements, subsequently overturned on appeal” and “Disciplinary referral in 2020 over criticism of TFF, without sanction”.
17 controversies · 21 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Cement: criticism of an empire built with public protection and strong market dominance” and “Refinery: battle over import licences and accusations of seeking monopoly”.
10 controversies · 19 sources
Business and billionairesMonarchies and royal families
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Detention at the Ritz-Carlton and financial settlement during anti-corruption campaign” and “UK dispute over commission on aircraft sale to Muammar Gaddafi”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Brazil: workers at Zara subcontractors found in conditions analogous to slavery, followed by labour prosecutor agreement” and “Greenpeace detects hazardous substances in Zara clothing; "Detox" commitment following campaign”.
8 controversies · 18 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Statements opposing rapid phase-out of oil and gas, strongly contested by climate advocates” and “COP28: Aramco employees in Saudi delegation without declared affiliation”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Mobileye acquires Shashua-co-founded Mentee Robotics for $900 million: related-party transaction” and “Announced departure as Mobileye CEO amid weak forecasts and falling share price”.
7 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Botín family's HSBC Swiss accounts: tax investigation closed following regularisation” and “Andrea Orcel recruitment fiasco: Santander ordered to compensate him”.
10 controversies · 18 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Addoha: transfer of collective land in Ouled Sbita and allegations of dispossession” and “Addoha stock market flotation: insider trading suspicions and closed regulatory investigation”.
5 controversies · 5 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “OpenTV/Kudelski patent litigation against Apple, followed by a global settlement” and “Patent litigation with Netflix resolved through a commercial agreement”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “ASIC against Fortescue and Andrew Forrest: allegations of misleading statements about Chinese contracts, followed by unanimous High Court victory” and “Yindjibarndi / Solomon Hub: mining without agreement, record compensation of approximately 150 million and appeals pending”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Indian-British industrialist, founder of Vedanta Resources.
10 controversies · 18 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Olkiluoto EPR: fixed-price contract, delays and massive losses for Areva” and “UraMin acquired for €1.8 billion before massive write-downs”.
9 controversies · 10 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “2006 space flight: controversy over display of Iranian flag” and “"Space tourist" paying approximately 20 million dollars: debate over elitism, privatisation and status of private travellers”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Decades of political donations to both major parties and debate over billionaires' access to decision-makers” and “Very low taxation of Pratt Consolidated Holdings despite high profits and revenue”.
6 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Growing family control over governance of LVMH and Christian Dior SE” and “Personal tensions within Arnault family over succession”.
4 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Herlin Inheritance Dispute over Control of KONE” and “Suspected Insider Dealing in Partek Share Purchases, Ultimately No Prosecution”.
6 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Vivendi's acquisition of Havas: controversy over transaction between Bolloré-controlled companies” and “Mediaset battle: failure of Premium deal, stakebuilding and personal market manipulation investigation”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Governance crisis following Kevin Roberts's remarks on diversity” and “One-year boycott of major advertising awards to finance Marcel platform”.
5 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2022 restructuring plan: capital raising, dilution and 9,000 job cuts” and “Statements on stabilisation of client outflows: FINMA closes its review without proceedings”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Deniz Feneri: Erdoğan–Doğan public dispute over media coverage, Hilton and editorial independence” and “Massive tax penalties against Doğan Media: multibillion-lira sanctions amid intense political dispute”.
13 controversies · 33 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Subhiksha: 500 crore rupee defamation claim following remarks by Premji” and “India Awake for Transparency: serious allegations and more than 70 proceedings ultimately closed with apologies”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2013 US sanctions over oil sales network and sanctions circumvention” and “Fraud and embezzlement linked to sanctioned oil sales: death sentence subsequently commuted”.
8 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Grand Mosque crane collapse: sanctions against Saudi Binladin Group followed by company conviction” and “Detention from 2017 to 2021 during anti-corruption purge, without public charges”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Labour inspection: 63% of employees exceeded overtime limit and 4.4 billion won in unpaid wages” and “Death of Netmarble Neo developer recognised as work-related due to overwork”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Acquisition of BG Group for approximately $50 billion despite falling oil prices” and “Multimillion-euro remuneration and shareholder revolts over his pay package”.
9 controversies · 18 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Ola Electric faces CCPA/BIS scrutiny following more than 10,000 consumer complaints” and “FIR for abetment following an Ola Electric employee's suicide: disputed harassment allegations”.
11 controversies · 20 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 24 controversies, including “'Open Letter to Hobbyists': Bill Gates calls unauthorised software copying 'theft' and sparks foundational debate over proprietary software” and “Traffic arrests in the 1970s and driving record made public”.
24 controversies · 45 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Resignation from Flipkart following investigation into an unsubstantiated allegation of personal misconduct” and “Flipkart FEMA/FDI proceedings: ED show-cause notice and High Court refusal to halt proceedings”.
6 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Use of Contract Pilots: Dispute over Employment, Social Contributions and Taxation” and “Dreamliner and Long-Haul Launch: Extensive Delays and Criticism of Premature Start”.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 27 controversies, including “IRS: Coinbase challenges 'John Doe' summons seeking identities of thousands of users” and “Bitcoin Cash: insider trading suspicions surrounding launch, internal investigation finds no wrongdoing”.
27 controversies · 40 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 3 controversies, including “Botswana: accusations of money laundering, political financing and destabilisation ultimately retracted with official apology” and “"Worse Than Apartheid" film: allegation of offering more than R3 million to stop project, denied amid extortion accusation”.
3 controversies · 6 sources
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