Scam or legit? We check founders against the public record.

Type a founder's name into any search box and you get noise: old headlines, aggregator scores, forum takes. FounderCheck reads the actual record and gives you a straight answer, claim by claim.

Latest checks

Every check answers the exact questions people search for, with a verdict per claim.

No personal findings

Neel Khokhani

Is the Australian founder and investor behind Epochal Corporation legit? The collapse of a company he had already exited keeps surfacing next to his name. We checked each claim.

Convicted

Elizabeth Holmes

The Theranos founder's record is settled law: convicted on federal fraud counts in 2022. What was proven, and what wasn't.

Mixed record

Adam Neumann

WeWork's collapse in value made headlines, but no charges ever followed. What the record supports and what it doesn't.

Convicted

Sam Bankman-Fried

The FTX founder was convicted on seven counts in 2023. The clearest recent case of personal founder liability.

Clean record

Melanie Perkins

Canva's co-founder has one of the cleanest records in tech: profitable company, no findings, no disputes of substance.

Convicted

Charlie Javice

The Frank founder was convicted of defrauding JPMorgan in 2025. How the claims unraveled.

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How a check works

Three steps, same for every name.

Step 1

Collect the claims

We gather what is actually being said or asked about the person: scam accusations, collapse stories, court claims, net-worth talk.

Step 2

Pull the record

Court outcomes, regulator actions, insolvency filings, registry data, dated press. Primary sources outrank aggregators, always.

Step 3

Issue verdicts

Each claim gets one stamp: Verified, Disputed, or No Findings. If control had changed hands before a failure, we say so, with dates.

Full detail on how we check and the sources we rank.