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Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “New pilots' strike in 2026 over pensions” and “City Airlines and Discover: unions accuse Lufthansa of circumventing collective agreements”.
11 controversies · 26 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “8 May 2026: Bombay High Court provisionally stays PMLA attachment order pending appeal” and “3 July 2025: PMLA appeal tribunal confirms attachment and finds prima facie evidence concerning 64 crore scheme”.
11 controversies · 11 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Italian 'enhanced repo' transactions: Sewing's role in approval/audit and conflict-of-interest allegations after acquittals” and “2026 searches over suspected money laundering involving 2013–2018 transactions: no documented personal charge against Sewing”.
11 controversies · 24 sources
Business and billionairesMedia and journalism
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2013–2019: SEC civil judgment followed by full presidential pardon” and “June 2011: New 42-month sentence for fraud and obstruction”.
11 controversies · 8 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Joint liability upheld for MMX tax debt estimated at 3.5 billion reais” and “CVM fine for voting with conflict of interest on MMX board”.
11 controversies · 16 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “€100 million donation to Notre-Dame and controversy over tax advantages” and “Executive Life: $241 million judgment against Artémis overturned on appeal”.
11 controversies · 13 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “December 2019–2020: creditors' representatives request exhumation to confirm identity and cause of death” and “February–June 2019: QuadrigaCX bankruptcy — approximately $215 million owed to 76,000 customers, only $46 million recovered or identified”.
11 controversies · 8 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2025–2026: return as US negotiator while retaining Affinity — congressional investigation into his 'foreign entanglements'” and “2024–2026: Albanian resort projects in sensitive areas and on disputed land, investigation into seller and expansion of congressional inquiry”.
11 controversies · 30 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Court of Cassation: appeals dismissed and French criminal outcome made final” and “Court of Appeal: acquittal for false or misleading information, conviction upheld only for misuse of corporate assets”.
11 controversies · 11 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2018: Criminal review application refused and dismissal ultimately upheld on appeal” and “June 2016: Employment tribunal victory — dismissal ruled without genuine and serious grounds, approximately €455,000 awarded”.
11 controversies · 7 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Proposed RTL Nederland–Talpa merger blocked by competition authority” and “Talpa Network failed to file annual accounts despite statutory obligation”.
11 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Fatal Lake Joseph boating collision: civil litigation settled, O'Leary never criminally charged” and “Massive Utah data centre project: local, environmental and political opposition, followed by reduced scope”.
11 controversies · 23 sources
Business and billionairesSport
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “16 July 2026: FEMA appeal tribunal overturns most findings and penalties, including those personally attributed to Modi” and “December 2024: Bombay High Court rejects request for BCCI to pay FEMA penalties and orders him to pay costs”.
11 controversies · 13 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Webedia: losses, redundancy plan and abandoned attempted sale” and “Transfer of family holding company to Luxembourg: disputed tax optimisation followed by victory against tax authorities”.
11 controversies · 15 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionairesFilm, television and entertainment
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2014: Confidential settlement with Macy's ends litigation against MSLO” and “2011–2013: J.C. Penney agreement challenged by Macy's, preliminary injunction and trial over commercial exclusivity”.
11 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Venezuelan debt restructuring mandate: exceptional contract and suspicions of US influence” and “Media as a 'cultural battle' and political ambitions ahead of 2027”.
11 controversies · 19 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “NESREA: prosecution of Globacom and former CEO over missing environmental audits” and “Abia 2026: Globacom offices sealed under court order over more than 4 billion naira in taxes and levies”.
11 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Retreat from 'electric only' target: reassessment of 2030 strategy” and “Alabama: allegations of union-busting, challenge to UAW election and IndustriALL withdrawal from human rights agreement”.
11 controversies · 21 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Complete dismissal after twelve-year investigation in France Télécom case” and “Appeal to Court of Cassation dismissed: Conviction concerning private work becomes final”.
11 controversies · 9 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2019: Further attempt to overturn conviction based on Newman case law rejected” and “2014: Court of Appeal upholds conviction”.
11 controversies · 8 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionairesArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “May 2026: federal investigation into American Future Republic and funding of E. Jean Carroll's lawsuits” and “March 2026: new DOJ documents show longer and more personal Epstein relationship than initially portrayed publicly”.
11 controversies · 12 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Main BES/GES Trial over Collapse of Espírito Santo Group” and “BESA: Trial for Breach of Trust and Aggravated Fraud”.
11 controversies · 22 sources2 convictions7 formal charges
Business and billionairesFilm, television and entertainment
Television producer, entrepreneur and Syco executive.
11 controversies · 19 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Rising losses at Robert Dyas and direct operational involvement in turnaround” and “£33,000 internal fraud at Red Letter Days”.
11 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionairesSport
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “La7: journalists' strikes over starting salaries, precarious contracts, staffing and career progression” and “Closure of 'Non è l'Arena': suspicions of pressure surrounding Baiardo disputed by Cairo”.
11 controversies · 22 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Final remuneration reduced after governance review, followed by payment of final bonus” and “Tickets sold for already cancelled flights: Qantas admits misleading consumers and receives 100 million penalty”.
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 10 controversies, including “Incomplete withdrawal from Russia and continued involuntary stake in joint venture” and “New Belgian investigation into possible abuse of dominant position”.
10 controversies · 20 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 billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Shareholder opposition to board remuneration policy and Ana Botín's pay” and “Santander data breach affecting customers and employees in Spain, Chile and Uruguay”.
10 controversies · 18 sources
Business and billionaires
Indian-British industrialist, founder of Vedanta Resources.
10 controversies · 18 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2016: Compensation payments and costs, transfer to Turkey and release on probation” and “August 2012: Convicted of 10 theft counts totalling approximately £29 million, acquitted of three”.
10 controversies · 6 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Fairshake: Massive funding of pro-crypto campaign to influence regulation” and “Leading the Future: $25 million alongside Andreessen to fund pro-AI, anti-strict-regulation campaign”.
10 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “1877 onwards: Imperial ideology and explicit statements of British superiority” and “1890–1902: Advocacy of racially segregated political and territorial order in Cape”.
10 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and healthBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Human Longevity: trade secret theft allegation against his institute, lawsuit dismissed” and “Predicting faces from DNA: paper strongly challenged over allegedly exaggerated conclusions”.
10 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2026: not-guilty plea before Manhattan federal court” and “2026: most pretrial motions to dismiss or clarify charges rejected”.
10 controversies · 7 sources1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Gig workers' strikes and public dispute over pay, exploitation and regulation” and “Temple/« Entropy »: scientific criticism of unvalidated claims concerning ageing and metabolism”.
10 controversies · 16 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2014–2025: Tens of millions of dollars spent electing progressive prosecutors in United States” and “2025: Reports of internal US Justice Department request to examine Open Society Foundations”.
10 controversies · 13 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “SoftBank trade secrets: former employee convicted, but Rakuten Mobile cleared in civil proceedings in 2026” and “Rakuten Mobile: massive losses, debt and debate over capital allocation”.
10 controversies · 23 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Independent Media: recurring allegations of editorial interference and use of titles to defend owner's interests” and “Termination of banking relationships with Sekunjalo Group and legal battle over "de-risking"”.
10 controversies · 24 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2020–2021: Lengthy disappearance from public view after regulatory confrontation” and “2021: Sexual assault allegation at Alibaba and debate over alcohol-fuelled, sexist corporate culture”.
10 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionairesScience, medicine and health
British inventor and entrepreneur, founder of the Dyson group.
10 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Death: Pending proceedings for involuntary homicide, injuries and financial offences terminated” and “Four-year sentence and guilty verdict upheld on appeal”.
10 controversies · 9 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2023–2025: suspension and subsequent judicial challenge to J&F's R$ 10.3 billion leniency fine” and “2025: return to JBS board, New York listing and renewed criticism over political influence and governance”.
10 controversies · 17 sources
SportBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Neymar transfer: tax and criminal proceedings, club settlement and personal acquittal upheld in 2026” and “Barçagate: social media contracts, splitting of payments and investigation into disloyal administration/corruption”.
10 controversies · 15 sources1 conviction2 formal charges
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Mercadona collective agreement: Supreme Court partially annuls clauses, including a sick leave rule” and “TSXG judgment concerning an infringement of trade union freedom at Mercadona”.
10 controversies · 15 sources
Business and billionairesSport
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Swiss account benefiting 'Soccer Official #1' receives over $25 million in bribes” and “Sworn allegation of bribe for vote in favour of Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid”.
10 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Syntellix: 68-million-euro civil action alleging Fitschen sought to drive company into insolvency” and “Kirch affair: prosecuted for attempted litigation fraud, then definitively acquitted”.
10 controversies · 21 sources1 formal charge
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