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The financial advisory firm that guided an Arkansas vegetable-canning company through bankruptcy to survival may have to return the money it earned—and tens of millions of dollars more—because

Binder & Binder, one of the nation’s largest Social Security disability firms, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday night amid shrinking demand for its services as government scrutiny of disability claims tightens. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

A fifth DBSI Inc. official will do time for his role in the fraud-driven collapse of the Idaho real-estate firm.

Gary W. Bringhurst, 47 years old, this week was sentenced to five years of probation—including 60 days of intermittent imprisonment—according to federal prosecutors. Last year, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

Beauty treatment chain American Laser Skincare abruptly shut its doors last month. Now, some customers say they’re being asked to pay for treatments they never received, while others who say they paid in advance want their money back.