Aaron Valentini

Aaron Valentini is the chief Editor at our investigative news outlet Atlanta Probe.

Crypto Recovery Scams: FBI warnings on fraudulent firms targeting FTX and Celsius victims with fake retrieval services

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recorded an unforeseen escalation in "crypto recovery scams" throughout 2024, in a series of...

Global Medical Response: Private equity-backed air ambulance billing practices facing scrutiny despite “No Surprises Act” in 2024

The financial architecture of Global Medical Response (GMR) is not designed for stability; it is designed for extraction. Formed through the merger of Air...

The Fabrication Of Local Sports Content At Gannett: Usage Of Generative AI Tools Without Adequate Oversight

The deployment of Lede AI by Gannett Co., Inc. for generation of Local Sports Content At Gannett in August 2023 stands as a defining...

Customer Data Breaches At T-Mobile: Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Leading to Incidents Between 2021 – 2023

The August 2021 data breach at T-Mobile US, Inc was the beginning of a series of customer data breaches at T-Mobile. It was not...

SEC Penalties on Plug Power Inc: Investigating Accounting control failures that required financial restatements

On March 16, 2021, Plug Power Inc. shattered the confidence of its investor base with a single regulatory filing. The company submitted a Form...

Rise Of Illicit Bot Rings On Instacart: Investigating The Software Rings Manipulating Order Batch Allocation

The digital storefront of Instacart is not a level playing field. It is a war zone where milliseconds dictate the difference between a profitable...

The Zantac Formulation Investigation: Concealment of Cancer Risks Associated With Ranitidine by GSK

The 1982 Tanner Report stands as the foundational document in "The Zantac Formulation Investigation" case against GSK. It provides the earliest internal confirmation that...

NGO-Police Partnerships: Accountability when services become surveillance

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and police forces have increasingly collaborated to address a lot of societal challenges. These NGO-Police partnerships span a range of sectors,...

Disaster Philanthropy: Tracking whether pledges ever pay out

Disaster philanthropy refers to charitable donations and funding allocated in response to natural or man-made disasters. These contributions are intended to provide immediate relief...

Humanitarian Procurement: The repeat vendors of global crises

Humanitarian procurement plays a crucial role in responding to global crises. It encompasses the acquisition of goods and services necessary for effective relief efforts...

Sports Sponsorship Laundering: Reputation management by contract

Global capital flows increasingly target elite sporting institutions to sanitize public images through strategic association. Sovereign wealth funds and corporations facing regulatory scrutiny allocate...

Child Labor In Cocoa Production Between 2020-2025: Why Global Certification Schemes Are Failing

For the average consumer in a grocery aisle, the small green frog seal or the Fairtrade logo offers a comforting transaction. It sells a...

Indigenous Grazing Rights And Forced Land Grabs: Impact of Mega-Farms

The global struggle for territory has entered a volatile new phase. Across the scorched savannas of South America and the grassy highlands of East...

Energy Poverty: Why Billions in Power Grid Investment Yields No Light

The global energy narrative of the 2020s is defined by a jarring visual contradiction. On one side sits a record breaking mountain of capital,...

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