Articles archive · v2.0
Indiana Businesses Exposed — investigations
Click any card to read the full article. 38 pieces across consumer protection, local-business profiles, national outlooks, and cybersecurity.
Featured
Latest, most-discussed
IBE 5-Star Audit — American Rental, Seymour (Sara, Tyler & Johnathan)
Five-Star Excellence. Highly Recommended · IBE Verified. The Seymour team redefines the rental-industry standard. Backed by BBB A+ accreditation since 2004.
Read the 5-star audit →Southern Indiana Justice Stats — new dashboard
Side-by-side comparison of incarceration, arrest, IDOC release, overdose, 911, and homelessness data for Jackson and surrounding southern Indiana counties (2020–2025), against the reentry/rehab/outreach programs on the ground — plus 2026–2030 projection formulas.
Open the dashboard →IBE Verified Review — Taco Bell, Scottsburg, IN (GM Caleb)
A positive IBE evaluation: service consistency, mobile-app integration, active customer-feedback engagement, and visible-manager presence.
Read the verified review →Power, Money, and Politics in Southern Indiana, 2026
A documents-first investigation into how power, money, and influence actually move in Seymour, Scottsburg, Madison, Salem, Crothersville, and Austin in 2026 — donor lists, contracts, zoning votes, the conspiracy-vs-evidence line, and a step-by-step reader’s checklist for sourcing it yourself.
Read the full investigation →Reentry in Southern Indiana — the catch-22 of coming home
11-section investigation across Seymour, Scottsburg, Austin, Crothersville, Madison, and Salem: what state-funded programs exist (IRACS, HIRE, Goodwill New Beginnings), why no-ID/no-job/no-home is a self-locking trap, the 8 ID-process pitfalls that derail returning citizens, and a checklist for getting through the first 30 days.
Read the full investigation →Seymour Bottom 10 — local businesses investigated
A 10-part investigative series on the worst-rated Seymour businesses (food, lodging, repair, contracting). Local-news-style breakdowns with practical takeaways — named where evidence supports it, redacted where verification is pending.
Read the full series →Political Scandals 2022–2026
10-section map: Minnesota welfare fraud and the al-Shabaab pipeline, FirstEnergy/Husted bribery, the “Most Corrupt 2026” list (incl. Eli Crane), Trump’s Palantir-DHS surge, DOGE access to Medicare/Medicaid/SSA, the Lisa Cook firing, and the federal agencies tied to each.
Read the full article →The Epstein Files — between conspiracy and truth
11-section deep dive: documented timeline, the “client list” myth, who’s named, where the files live, what’s actually been exposed, specific Trump allegations + their evidentiary status, and the line between history and conspiracy mythology.
Read the full article →In Support of Annonomoys
12-section deep dive: the people behind the mask, recent transparency projects, anonymity-for-good vs. anonymity-for-harm, what Anonymous looks like in 2026, how to "join," the cybersecurity skills that matter.
Read the full article →Master overview
Original IBE coverage
Businesses of Indiana Exposed — shining a light on who really earns your business
Consolidated master narrative by Gary D. Amick covering the full IBE lineup.
Read article →Lumos Fiber — Floyd County stop-work order & company deep-dive
Stop-work order, gas-line strikes, and the company deep-dive.
Read article →Don's Auto Sales — Franklin, Indiana
Levi's $1,500 cash car and the as-is trap in Franklin.
Read article →Credit Acceptance Corporation — subprime auto-finance in Indiana
How subprime auto-finance traps Indiana borrowers.
Read article →How Superior Auto & SAC Finance left one Indiana buyer stranded
Personal case — a 2017 Ford Escape, SAC Finance, and Robin's name.
Read article →NTN East (CVJ East) — Columbus plant closure & worker impact
Columbus plant closure and worker impact (CVJ East).
Read article →Mapping civil actions & legal patterns — Don's Auto Sales case study
Civil-action patterns and legal exposure mapping (Don's case study).
Read article →Indiana HEA 1593 — what it changes for businesses
Indiana HEA 1593 — virtual addresses, fraud-fighting tools.
Read article →Indiana IC 24-4.9 — how data-breach notification fits Blackbaud-style incidents
Indiana IC 24-4.9 — data-breach notification & Blackbaud.
Read article →Top 20 Columbus-area startups & small businesses for IBE coverage
Top 20 Columbus-area small businesses for future IBE coverage.
Read article →Self-investigation profile — Gary Dawayne Amick
Gary Dawayne Amick — self-investigation profile.
Read article →How Indiana Businesses Exposed builds investigative articles
How IBE articles are built — the editorial framework.
Read article →Seymour businesses
Local profiles of small businesses
Moxie Coffee Company — Seymour’s downtown third place
Seymour's downtown third place — quiet, consistent, regulars-first.
Read article →Darlage Greenhouse — the underground yard architect
5 miles outside town — the greenhouse shaping every Seymour yard.
Read article →Jubilee Flowers & Gift Baskets — Seymour’s emotional backchannel
The phone call no one wants to make — funerals, hospitals, gift baskets.
Read article →Summit Cleaners — 70 years of laundry, not just dry cleaning
70 years of laundry — workplace uniforms and household linens.
Read article →Seymour Decorating Center — the silent partner to every home reno
Paint, palettes, and the silent partner to every home reno.
Read article →Artistic Impressions — Seymour’s humble frame shop
Tiny custom-frame shop — diplomas, school photos, local art.
Read article →Crave Nutrition — Seymour’s wellness café incognito
The wellness café that doesn't lord its health focus over you.
Read article →Sexton Advertising — Seymour’s low-key brand machine
Custom apparel + signage — branding for everyone who isn't a chain.
Read article →Bite the Bullet, LLC — Seymour’s low-profile FFL
Low-profile FFL — hunters, collectors, transfers.
Read article →JCBank — the 100-year-old bank that still acts like a neighbor
100-year-old independent bank — local credit decisions.
Read article →Seymour as microcosm
How national dynamics land on a small town
Seymour’s power structure — who actually runs the city?
Who actually runs Seymour? Mayor-council on paper, relationships in practice.
Read article →ICE raids in Seymour — federal enforcement on Main Street
Federal enforcement on Main Street — 11 arrests, the chill that follows.
Read article →Flock cameras & ALPR surveillance in Seymour’s quiet streets
ALPR surveillance — every plate, every street, every day.
Read article →Seymour schools under pressure — safety, surveillance, and immigration anxiety
5,000 students caught between safety, surveillance, and immigration anxiety.
Read article →Emergency services — rescue, response, or enforcement frontline?
Rescue, response, or enforcement frontline? The blurring 911 line.
Read article →The hidden cost of Seymour’s homelessness
Couch-surfing, motels, cars — the invisible Seymour homelessness story.
Read article →Local business caught in the crossfire
Small business absorbing the shocks of raids, crime, and surveillance politics.
Read article →Drug problems on Seymour’s quiet backroads
Seymour as a corridor — overdoses, low-level dealing, and what gets ignored.
Read article →The Jackson County Jail — holding tank or solution?
Jackson County Jail — pressure valve for everything the system can't fix.
Read article →Seymour, Indiana — a microcosm of America’s clash over power and people
Why Seymour matters — a small city showing the country to itself.
Read article →Cyber & national
Outside-Indiana investigations and forecasts
Inside the Jackson County Sheriff’s ransomware attack
March 2026 — phishing email knocks out the sheriff's entire network.
Read article →Trump’s second term — power, polarization, and policy in 2026
Power, polarization, and policy in 2026 — Trump's second term.
Read article →Global conflicts 2026-2036 — the hidden war machines of the decade
Six-part forecast — Taiwan, AI cyber-war, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Sahel, trade wars.
Read article →The quiet U.S. economy crisis of 2026 — stagflation, debt, and a fractured middle class
Stagflation-lite, debt, AI displacement — the quiet U.S. economy crisis.
Read article →Anthropic’s Mythos — the AI that’s turning hackers into cyber-ghosts
Anthropic's Mythos — the AI turning hackers into cyber-ghosts.
Read article →