THE ARCHITECTS
Dossiers
Each dossier documents the public-record offenses of one billionaire: court verdicts, SEC settlements, NLRB rulings, OSHA violations, regulatory actions — with primary citations. More land as research closes.
6
violations
Mark Zuckerberg
Founder and CEO, Meta Platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp).
$5B FTC fine for violating his own consent decree. Myanmar genocide: Facebook "played a determining role." Knew Instagram harmed teen girls — chose engagement over safety. $1.4B biometric data settlement. €1.2B EU fine.
~$213 billion (Forbes, May 2026)
7
violations
Jeff Bezos
Founder, Amazon. Wealthiest person in the world through most of the 2010s.
Tip theft. 240+ NLRB charges. Injury rates 2× industry average — by design. FTC antitrust monopoly suit. Paid 1.1% taxes on $127B in wealth growth.
~$215 billion (Forbes, May 2026)
7
violations
Elon Musk
CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, X Corp. Wealthiest person alive.
Securities fraud. Illegal union busting. Racial harassment. Ongoing DOJ criminal probe.
$788 billion (Forbes, May 2026)
6
violations
The Sackler Family
Owners of Purdue Pharma. Makers of OxyContin.
Two federal guilty pleas. $10.7B extracted before bankruptcy. ~500,000 Americans dead. Zero family members criminally charged.
Est. $11–14 billion (Forbes; reduced by settlements)
9
violations
Boeing Leadership (Muilenburg / Calhoun)
CEOs of Boeing during the 737 MAX disasters and their aftermath.
346 killed in two preventable crashes. $43B in stock buybacks while safety was cut. DOJ deferred prosecution agreement — then breached. Two whistleblowers dead.
Combined exit packages: ~$95M (Muilenburg $62M, Calhoun $33M)
6
violations
Gilead Sciences
Pharmaceutical corporation. Manufacturers of Sovaldi and Harvoni — the hepatitis C cure.
Acquired the hepatitis C cure for $11B. Priced it at $1,000/pill in the US — $4.29/pill in India. Senate investigation found pricing driven by revenue, not R&D. States rationed the drug. People died. Nothing was illegal.
Market cap: ~$80 billion (2026); peak ~$150 billion (2015)
8
violations
The Neoreactionary Network
Peter Thiel (financier), Alex Karp (Palantir CEO), Curtis Yarvin (Dark Enlightenment).
Thiel published "I no longer believe freedom and democracy are compatible." Karp signed a $10B Army contract and built ICE's deportation AI while calling protesters "an infection." Yarvin attended Trump's inaugural as guest of honor. The ideology is in the White House; the surveillance is in the Army.
Thiel ~$9B; Karp ~$18B; combined network: ~$30B+
6
violations
Charles Koch
Chairman and CEO, Koch Industries. Principal architect of the dark money political network.
312 oil spills. Two teenagers killed by a Koch pipeline. 97-count federal benzene indictment. $900M pledged for a single election cycle. 411 lawmakers signed the no-climate-tax pledge. The US has never passed a climate bill.
~$57 billion (Forbes, May 2026)
5
violations
The Walton Family
Heirs of Sam Walton. Owners of Walmart — the largest private employer in the United States.
$3.1B opioid settlement. $1.65B in wage theft across 53 cases. $282M foreign bribery in four countries. $6.2B/year in taxpayer subsidies to their own underpaid workers. 1.5 million women sued for discrimination — dismissed on a technicality.
$300B+ combined (Forbes, May 2026). None founded anything. They inherited it.
5
violations
Stephen Schwarzman
Co-founder and CEO, The Blackstone Group. The world's largest alternative asset manager.
Bought 80,000 foreclosed homes during the 2008 crisis. Celebrated "huge increases in rents" as millions faced eviction. Spent $6.8M killing California rent control. Compared a proposed tax increase to Hitler invading Poland.
~$37 billion (Forbes, May 2026)
7
violations
Rupert Murdoch
Founder, News Corp and Fox Corp. Controlling owner of Fox News, WSJ, The Times, The Sun, The Australian.
$1.5B paid for phone hacking. $787.5M for broadcasting election lies he privately called "bulls---." Sheltered a sexual harassment culture for decades. Three decades of climate disinformation across three continents.
~$19 billion (Forbes, May 2026)
5
violations
Larry Ellison
Co-founder and Chairman, Oracle Corporation. Third-wealthiest person in the world.
$26M+ donated to fund the IDF. $319M cloud data center built in occupied Jerusalem. Proposed merging all American government records into one national surveillance database. Now controls the data infrastructure serving 170 million US TikTok users.
~$150 billion (Forbes, May 2026)
5
violations
Larry Fink
Co-founder and CEO, BlackRock. The world's largest asset manager with $11.5 trillion under management.
Helped invent the mortgage-backed security. Got no-bid Fed contracts to manage the bailout. Got more no-bid contracts in 2020. Then wrote a letter telling seniors to work longer.
~$1.1 billion (Forbes, 2024)
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violations
Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States (1981–1989). Died June 5, 2004.
Iran-Contra: 14 officials charged, six pardoned by his successor. AIDS: 21,000+ Americans dead before he said the word. Central America: backed death squads that killed hundreds of thousands. Mandatory minimums: built the mass incarceration system. Tax cuts: began the era of extreme wealth concentration.
N/A (historical subject)
6
violations
Henry Kissinger
National Security Adviser (1969–1975). Secretary of State (1973–1977). Nobel Peace Prize, 1973. Died November 29, 2023.
Secretly bombed Cambodia — 540,000+ tons of bombs, falsified military records to hide it from Congress. Directed the CIA coup that killed 3,200+ in Chile. Gave Indonesia the go-ahead to invade East Timor: ~200,000 killed. Encouraged Argentina's junta to kill quickly. Never charged with any crime.
N/A (historical subject)
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violations
Tim Gurner
Founder and CEO, GURNER™ (luxury real-estate) and Saint Haven (AUD $250K initiation wellness club).
"Unemployment needs to jump 40–50%." The same year he opened a $250K wellness club. Six years after blaming millennials' avocado toast for the housing crisis. A self-made man whose grandfather was a property developer.
~USD $620 million / AUD $929 million (AFR Rich List 2024)
9
violations
Paul Weyrich & Heritage Foundation
Weyrich (1942–2008): founder of Heritage, ALEC, the Moral Majority, and the Council for National Policy. Heritage (1973–present): the institutional vehicle.
"I don't want everybody to vote." — Paul Weyrich, 1980. He meant it. He built Heritage, ALEC, the Moral Majority, and Project 2025 to make that doctrine permanent. He died in 2008. The institutions are still running.
Weyrich died without significant personal wealth. Heritage Foundation: ~$100M annual revenue (2023); $100M+ endowment.
6
violations
Jeffrey Epstein
Hedge fund manager. Registered sex offender. Federal indictee. Died August 10, 2019, in federal custody.
$475M Ponzi scheme — never charged. Insurance company drained — dropped as defendant mid-trial with no explanation. 53-count federal indictment buried by his prosecutor, who said he "belonged to intelligence." 80+ victims. 13 months, work release six days a week. Virginia Giuffre publicly stated she had no intention of harming herself. She died in April 2025. It was reported as suicide.
Est. ~$577M at death (contested; subject to ongoing victim claims)
6
violations
UnitedHealth Group / Andrew Witty
CEO of UnitedHealth Group (2021–2025). The company that taught an algorithm to say no.
AI algorithm denied post-acute care to elderly Medicare patients at a rate that tripled in three years. 90% of appealed denials reversed — but only 0.2% of patients ever appealed. $22.4B net income. CEO paid $26M. Two patients whose coverage was cut died during the lawsuit. DOJ investigating criminal Medicare fraud. No one charged.
Witty retained est. $156M+ in stock at departure. UnitedHealth market cap: ~$260B (2025).
6
violations
Wells Fargo / John Stumpf
CEO of Wells Fargo (2007–2016). Architect of the "Gr-eight" quota system.
3.5 million unauthorized accounts. 5,300 workers fired for fraud they were pressured to commit. CEO called "gutless" by Elizabeth Warren — kept $100M+. $3B DOJ settlement. Eight executives personally charged. None served time.
Stumpf retained est. $100M+ in compensation. Wells Fargo market cap: ~$175B (2026).
4
violations
Balaji Srinivasan
Venture capitalist, former GP at Andreessen Horowitz, former CTO of Coinbase, author of The Network State.
In 2013, wrote to Curtis Yarvin suggesting using the Dark Enlightenment network to doxx a journalist. In 2022, published a book proposing that democracy be replaced by crypto-governed exit for the wealthy. In 2023, told millions to flee the US financial system during a bank run — lost a $1.5 million bet — and called it a "demonstration."
~$1 billion estimated (2023; crypto holdings and prior VC exits)
6
violations
Brian Thompson
CEO of UnitedHealthcare (April 2021 – December 4, 2024). Killed outside an investor conference in Midtown Manhattan.
32% claim denial rate — double the industry average. AI algorithm overrode physician recommendations. 90% of appealed denials reversed; 0.2% ever appealed. $10.2M salary. $16B profit. Two patients died during the lawsuit. Zero executives charged.
Est. $50–100M cumulative career compensation (not a billionaire — on this site as an operator of billionaire-class structural violence)
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violations
Donald Trump
45th and 47th President of the United States. Real estate developer. Television personality.
34 felony counts: convicted. $88.3M for sexual abuse and defamation. $364M civil fraud judgment. Directed an insurrection. His son-in-law took $2B from Saudi Arabia six months after leaving the White House. The advisory board recommended against it. Mohammed bin Salman personally overruled them.
~$5.1 billion (Forbes, May 2026)
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violations
Erik Prince
Founder, Blackwater USA. Mercenary-empire architect. Sister of Betsy DeVos.
17 Iraqi civilians killed by his contractors at Nisour Square. Four convicted. Trump pardoned all four — his sister was Education Secretary at the time. Built a training facility in Xinjiang during Uyghur internment. Established an undisclosed Trump-Russia back-channel in the Seychelles. Referred for perjury. Never charged.
~$2 billion (estimated, 2026)
6
violations
McKinsey & Company
The world's most prestigious management consulting firm. Trusted advisor to governments, regulators, and corporations simultaneously.
$1.2B in opioid settlements. Helped Purdue sell more OxyContin while advising FDA on opioid oversight. Bribed South African state officials. Two senior partners pled guilty. Zero firm-level charges. Still the world's most respected consulting firm.
~$16 billion annual revenue (private partnership, 2023)
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violations
Dick Cheney
46th Vice President of the United States (2001–2009). CEO of Halliburton (1995–2000).
Sold the Iraq War on intelligence he knew was contested: 200,000+ civilians killed. Designed the CIA torture program ("I would do it again in a minute"). $39.5B in no-bid Halliburton contracts. Built the surveillance state Snowden later exposed. Chief of staff convicted of obstruction; Bush commuted the sentence.
Est. $50–90 million (Forbes estimates; deferred Halliburton compensation)
5
violations
Robert Mercer
Co-CEO, Renaissance Technologies (1993–2017). Primary funder of Cambridge Analytica. Patron of Bannon and Breitbart.
$7B IRS settlement — largest in US history — for converting short-term trading profits into long-term gains via basket options. Funded Cambridge Analytica ($15–20M, 90% owner): 87 million Facebook profiles harvested without consent. Installed Bannon as Trump campaign CEO. Funded Breitbart. Nothing was criminal enough to charge.
~$2–2.5 billion (Forbes; reduced from peak by IRS settlement)
4
violations
Les Wexner
Founder, L Brands (Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, The Limited). The man who gave Jeffrey Epstein a fortune to manage and a mansion to operate from.
Gave Jeffrey Epstein full power of attorney over his $5 billion fortune. Gifted him the largest private residence in Manhattan — which became the primary documented site of Epstein's trafficking operations — for $0. Refused Senate testimony. Has never been charged. Retained his fortune.
~$5–7 billion (Forbes, 2026; Bath & Body Works and real estate)