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Agency Name: Federal Trade Commission
Penalty Total since 2000: $15,789,168,172
Number of Records: 573
Note: The parent penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the list of individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. Duplicate penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Meta Platforms Inc.$5,000,000,0001
Volkswagen$4,000,000,0001
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries$1,200,000,0001
Epic Games Inc.$520,000,0001
DISH Network$280,000,0001
Citigroup$215,000,0001
Alphabet Inc.$211,500,0003
Herbalife$200,000,0001
Apollo Education Group$191,000,0001
AT&T$148,010,0005

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CompanyCurrent ParentCurrent Parent Industry sort iconPrimary Offense TypeYearPenalty Amount
ChoicePoint, Inc.RELX Groupmediaprivacy violation2006$15,000,000
Scholastic Inc.Scholastic Corp.mediaconsumer protection violation2005$710,000
Hearst CorporationHearstmediaconsumer protection violation2001$19,000,000
Hearst CorporationHearstmediainvestor protection violation2001$4,000,000
Boston Scientific CorporationBoston Scientific Corp.medical equipment and suppliesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003$7,040,000
ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.ICON Health & Fitnessmiscellaneous manufacturingconsumer protection violation2014$3,000,000
CoreLogic, Inc.CoreLogicmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2015$11,900,000
Equifax Information Services LLCEquifaxmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2013$392,803
Medifast Inc.Medifast Inc.miscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2012$3,700,000
Allied Interstate, Inc.Allied Interstate Inc.miscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2010$1,750,000
TALX CorporationEquifaxmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2009$350,000
Equifax Credit Information Services, IncEquifaxmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2003$250,000
Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc.Equifaxmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2000$500,000
Experian Information Solutions, Inc.Experianmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2000$1,000,000
Trans Union LLCTransUnionmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2000$1,000,000
DeVry UniversityCogswell Educationmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2016$100,000,000
Uber TechnologiesUber Technologiesmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2017$20,000,000
Career Education CorporationPerdoceo Education Corporationmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2019$30,000,000
Apollo Education GroupApollo Education Groupmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2019$191,000,000
Vivint Smart Homes Inc.Vivint Smart Home Inc.miscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2021$20,000,000
WW International, Inc.WW Internationalmiscellaneous servicesprivacy violation2022(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,500,000
Experian Consumer ServicesExperianmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2023$650,000
Trans Union LLCTransUnionmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2023(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $15,000,000
Volkswagen Group of AmericaVolkswagenmotor vehiclesconsumer protection violation2017$4,000,000,000
Cephalon, Inc.Teva Pharmaceutical Industriespharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015$1,200,000,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyBristol-Myers Squibbpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009$2,100,000
Alpharma, Inc.Pfizerpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004$2,500,000
Perrigo CompanyPerrigopharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004$3,750,000
Mylan Laboratories, Inc.Viatrispharmaceuticalsconsumer protection violation2000$100,000,000
Mallinckrodt ARD IncMallinckrodtpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017$100,000,000
Indivior, Inc.Indivior PLCpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020$10,000,000
Backcountry.com LLCTSG Consumer Partnersprivate equity (including portfolio companies)consumer protection violation2015$150,000
MoneyGram International, Inc.Madison Dearborn Partnersprivate equity (including portfolio companies)consumer protection violation2009$18,000,000
Staples, Inc.Sycamore Partners Managementprivate equity (including portfolio companies)consumer protection violation2003$850,000
Rexall Sundown, Inc.Carlyle Groupprivate equity (including portfolio companies)consumer protection violation2003$12,000,000
Bed Bath & BeyondBed Bath & Beyondretailingconsumer protection violation2015$500,000
Nordstrom Inc.Nordstromretailingconsumer protection violation2015$360,000
J.C. Penney Company Inc.J.C. Penneyretailingconsumer protection violation2015$290,000
Amazon.com Inc.Amazon.comretailingconsumer protection violation2013$455,000
Macy's Inc.Macy'sretailingconsumer protection violation2013$250,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co. and KmartSearsretailingconsumer protection violation2013$475,000
CVS CaremarkCVS Healthretailingconsumer protection violation2012$5,000,000
Reebok International Ltd.Authentic Brands Groupretailingconsumer protection violation2011$25,000,000
WalgreensWalgreens Boots Allianceretailingconsumer protection violation2010$5,970,000
CVS Pharmacy, Inc.CVS Healthretailingconsumer protection violation2009$2,780,000
Rite Aid CorporationRite Aidretailingconsumer protection violation2009$500,000
QVC, Inc.Qurate Retailretailingconsumer protection violation2009$7,500,000
Macys.com Inc.Macy'sretailingconsumer protection violation2000$350,000
Office Depot, Inc.ODP Corporationretailingconsumer protection violation2019$25,000,000
Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.Kohl'sretailingprivacy violation2020$220,000
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.Williams-Sonomaretailingconsumer protection violation2020$1,000,000
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.Williams-Sonomaretailingconsumer protection violation2020$1,000,000
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.Couche-Tardretailingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020$3,500,000
Amazon.comAmazon.comretailingwage and hour violation2021$61,710,583
Kohl's, Inc.Kohl'sretailingconsumer protection violation2022$2,500,000
Walmart, Inc.Walmartretailingconsumer protection violation2022$3,000,000
Amazon.comAmazon.comretailingprivacy violation2023$25,000,000
SprintT-Mobile UStelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2015$2,950,000
TracFoneVerizon Communicationstelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2015$40,000,000
T-MobileT-Mobile UStelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2014$90,000,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Ttelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2014$80,000,000
Time Warner Cable Inc.Charter Communicationstelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2013$1,900,000
Comcast Corp.Comcasttelecommunicationsprivacy violation2009$900,000
DIRECTVAT&Ttelecommunicationsprivacy violation2009$2,310,000
DIRECTVAT&Ttelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2005$5,335,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2004$365,000
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile UStelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2004$1,125,000
Dish NetworkDISH Networktelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2017$280,000,000
AT&T Mobility, LLCAT&Ttelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2019$60,000,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationstelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2022$69,000,000
VonageEricssontelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2022$100,000,000
Henry Schein Practice Solutions, Inc.Henry Scheinwholesalersconsumer protection violation2016$250,000
Cardinal Health Inc.Cardinal Healthwholesalersconsumer protection violation2015$26,800,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.