Founder Investigation
The record, read closely
The Record Check

Claims tested against the primary record

A recurring series. We take a claim that circulates freely online, a "founder X did Y", and check it line by line against courts, regulators, administrators and dated reporting. The verdict is whatever the record supports, no more and no less.

The Record Check

Soar Aviation: what the public record actually shows

Who controlled Australia's largest independent flight school when it failed: the record is more precise than the coverage.

The Record Check

"WeWork was a fraud": testing the claim

A label repeated daily online, checked against the filings, the reporting and the complete absence of any charge or enforcement action.