“Eight Defendants Indicted in International Conspiracy to Bill $10 Million for Fraudulent Market Survey Data,” the headline read. Op4G, a market research company he first worked with more than a decade earlier, was being indicted for selling bogus data between 2014 and 2023. Court records indicate that legitimate survey data were often mixed with their “ant farm” data — a process they dubbed “scrambling the eggs.” When Victorson learned of the fraud, he immediately called the FBI agent involved in the case, hoping to learn more. Frank Hayden, the chief operating officer for the survey firm, lived in his town, Evanston, Illinois.