Two investor groups are suing Selena Gomez, alleging she failed to deliver on promises to promote her mental health startup Wondermind.
Singer and actress Selena Gomez is being accused of fraud by investors in Wondermind, the mental health startup she co-founded in 2021.
They claim she failed to deliver on promises to leverage her global fame and social media following to promote the brand.
Investors also allege they were misled about the company’s leadership and prospects.
Gomez and her team have denied the allegations.
Here’s what you need to know.
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Gomez got her start as a child actress on ‘Barney & Friends’ before landing a lead role in Disney’s ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ in 2007.
Since then, she’s built a music career, earned an Emmy nomination for ‘Only Murders in the Building’, and launched Rare Beauty, now valued at over $US2 billion.
She’s also Instagram’s most-followed woman,…
THE TD BANK INSIDER “BRIBE-FOR-DATA” SCHEME (USA)
Date: February 17, 2026 Perpetrator: Edward Low (Former Bank Employee)
Case Description: In a high-profile case of “Insider Threat,” Edward Low, a former employee of TD Bank in New York, pleaded guilty in a New Jersey federal court to accepting bribes in exchange for confidential customer data. Between 2021 and 2022, Low leveraged his internal access to harvest the personal details of high-balance account holders. He then sold this “hot data” to external fraud syndicates for as little as $26,700 in personal kickbacks.
The external fraudsters used the information Low provided to conduct “Account Takeovers” (ATO), creating fraudulent checks and falsifying bank records to drain over $500,000 from unsuspecting customers. Low even went as far as helping co-conspirators open shell company accounts at a second financial institution where he was later employed. He now faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. This case has sent shockwaves through the global banking sector, highlighting that even the most robust external firewalls cannot protect against a “rogue insider” with administrative credentials.
Link to Original: US Dept of Justice – TD Bank Insider Plea