Main Street Dollars

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SHEIN Distribution Corporation is offering refunds for about 644 Pull & Chew Montessori Teething Toys after federal regulators found the toys’ silicone strings could lodge in a child’s throat. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall on September 17, 2026. The toys were sold only on SHEIN.com from December 2025 through April 2026…

Clorox Puerto Rico offers full refunds for six million recalled cleaners

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in Recalls

Clorox Puerto Rico is offering full refunds on about 6.3 million bottles of scented Mistolin and Lestoil multipurpose cleaners because the products may be contaminated with bacteria. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall on September 3, 2026. It covers cleaners sold in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands between April 2025…

SEC says a New Jersey founder allegedly took money from more than 200 investors

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged New Jersey founder Ernest Ossei Boateng and two companies he controls with running an alleged Ponzi scheme that raised about $16 million from more than 200 investors, many of whom had never invested before. The SEC said on September 10, 2026, that Boateng promised guaranteed fixed returns and…

CFTC finalized awards to ten whistleblowers between July and September

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has granted 10 whistleblower awards totaling more than $150 million, all in final determinations issued between July and September 2026. The agency announced the awards on September 14 and said they recognize people whose original information led the CFTC and other authorities to successful enforcement actions. As required by law,…

A commodities court order pairs $547,616 in restitution with a $5.9 million penalty

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A federal judge in Connecticut has ordered Florida resident Michael Frederick Staryk to pay $547,616 in restitution to defrauded clients and a $5,907,720 civil monetary penalty in a Commodity Futures Trading Commission options-fraud case. The CFTC announced the default judgment on September 15, 2026, and said it also permanently bans Staryk from trading and from…

Southern Glazer’s will pay $12.5 million over false invoices and retailer bribes

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in Consumer Rights

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, the largest wine and spirits distributor in the United States, will pay $12.5 million under a non-prosecution agreement that resolves a federal investigation into bribes paid to employees of alcohol retailers, including chain grocery stores, and false invoices used to hide them. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District…

A nonprofit founder was charged over an alleged $7.5 million homelessness-funding fraud

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Michael Young, a founder of the Culver City, California, homelessness nonprofit Home At Last, was arrested September 16 on a federal wire fraud charge alleging he misappropriated more than $7.5 million in taxpayer money meant for homeless housing. The Justice Department says Young ran the money through sham vendors he secretly controlled and spent millions…

Twelve people face charges over $10 million meant for child-care assistance

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Twelve people in the San Diego area face federal fraud charges over more than $10 million in public money meant to help low-income families pay for child care, the Justice Department said September 15. Prosecutors allege the defendants ran licensed home daycares that billed subsidy programs for children who were not actually in their care.…

Federal prosecutors charged nearly 80 defendants in a COVID-loan summer surge

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Federal prosecutors obtained felony charges against nearly 80 defendants during a summer crackdown on fraud in the Small Business Administration’s COVID-era loan programs, the Justice Department said September 14. The effort, called Operation No Doze, ran from June 12 through September 1 and involved more than 40 U.S. Attorney’s Offices. DOJ said the newly charged…

Fuel-card company Corpay will pay $100 million to customers hit with hidden fees

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