{
  "id": 17195,
  "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/06/op4g-market-research-indictment-fake-data",
  "title": "Decade-long fraud by market survey firm a ‘gut punch’ for researchers",
  "summary": "In April 2025, David Victorson, a psychologist at Northwestern University in Chicago, was polishing several manuscripts for submission when a colleague sent him a link to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. “Eight Defendants Indicted in International Conspiracy to Bill $10 Million for Fraudulent Market Survey Data,” the headline read. Victorson couldn’t … Continue reading Decade-long fraud by market survey firm a ‘gut punch’ for researchers",
  "authors": "Brendan Borrell",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-06T19:41:17.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-07T05:10:58.501Z",
  "source_slug": "x-retraction-watch",
  "source_name": "Retraction Watch",
  "source_homepage": "https://retractionwatch.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17195",
  "original_url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/08/06/op4g-market-research-indictment-fake-data",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}