The People v. Qualis

The People v. Kurosaka Investments, Qualis Holdings Inc., Brittany Kurosaka, Karin Wilson and Will Apple (dubbed the Qualis trial) is a criminal trial held in New York Supreme Court.

History
Qualis and its predecessors have completed frequent mergers and acquisitions of companies and intellectual properties, main events including the acquisition of 300+ television stations (leading to the founding of Qualis Television Stations Group), mergers for the sake of minimization (which has been criticized by, among others, people whohave been laid off, and even the Foopiian government who was a minor stakeholder in Polar Night Inc, one of Qualis's predecessors) and forcing out co-owners (such as Mala M.'s successors Kelly and Zig Miles).

The owner of Qualis, Brittany Kurosaka, has allegedly harassed male employees and threatened to fire them, if they didn't follow her orders. However, this was quickly dismissed, and the accusers were sentenced to a short amount of jail time.

In September 2019, it was revealed that Qualis was accused of stealing trade secrets, fraud, terrible working conditions, placing too many suppression orders (on stories about themselves), acts of corruption, violating anti-trust laws, possible tax evasion through offshore funds, and negligence by the FCC, FTC, IRS, 100+ companies, and around 700,000 former employees in an ongoing class action lawsuit for USD $1 trillion. If Qualis loses their case, which is very plausible, the company may have to file for bankruptcy, as they are indeed "creeping closer to bankruptcy" which triggered sale of assets to Quest, another conglomerate.

On October 22, 2019, Brittany Kurosaka and Makenzie Sullivan, a family friend representing the now-deceased Will Apple and Karin Wilson, was declared innocent. However, Jack Taylor, part of the Qualis Holdings Inc. management and founder of Talestar Investments (predecessor to Dreamcatcher Entertainment), was in fact proven guilty of acts of corruption, tax evasion and negligence.

That day, Qualis Holdings Inc announced it was finalizing actions related to the lawsuit and settling out of court with the plaintiffs on its own part, except for its management member Jack Taylor, who has been fired without a severance package and is denied from ever doing business with Qualis and affiliated companies in the future, after the case is entirely finished.

Murder of Will Apple and Karin Wilson
On the night of September 9, 2019, Will Apple and Karin Wilson (who ran Apple Wilson Productions, Lava Entertainment and Legacy Pictures together) went missing. Their bodies were later found on September 10, 2019, inside a villa in Fuei. The bodyparts were sliced and their fingers were sawed off with a hacksaw. The killer has yet to be found, but the money from their bank accounts were transferred to numerous Thai, Arabian and Filipino funds.

People speculated that they faked their own kidnapping in order to commit suicide, but that rumor was quickly dismissed.