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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 IndustryPrimary Offense TypeYear sort iconPenalty Amount
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile UStelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2004$1,125,000
Savvier, Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2004$2,600,000
Pinnacle Marketing, LLC et al. consumer protection violation2004$219,000
VisionTel Communications, LLC et al. consumer protection violation2004$750,000
Guidestar Direct Corp. consumer protection violation2004$25,000
ListData Computer Services, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$100,000
NeWorld Marketing, LLC consumer protection violation2004$62,500
Alpharma, Inc.Pfizerpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004$2,500,000
Perrigo CompanyPerrigopharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004$3,750,000
Mantra Films, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$1,089,627
Greeting Cards of America, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$400,000
NCO Group, Inc.Aloricabusiness servicesconsumer protection violation2004$1,500,000
Tactica International, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$300,000
Capital Acquisitions and Management Corp. consumer protection violation2004$300,000
Telemarketing, Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2004$40,000
Creative Health Institute, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$60,000
Seasilver USA, Inc. and Americaloe, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$4,500,000
Vital Basics, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$1,000,000
Advanced Patch Technologies, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$1,000,000
RHI AG consumer protection violation2004$650,000
Bonzi Software Inc. privacy violation2004$75,000
UMG Recordings, Inc. privacy violation2004$400,000
Certified Merchant Services consumer protection violation2004$23,575,488
DIRECTVAT&Ttelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2005$5,335,000
Stewart Finance Company consumer protection violation2005$10,500,000
NBTY, Inc.Nestlefood productsconsumer protection violation2005$2,000,000
Consumerinfo.com, Inc. consumer protection violation2005$950,000
KB HomeKB Homeconstruction and engineeringconsumer protection violation2005$2,000,000
National Check Control consumer protection violation2005$10,204,445
Columbia House Company privacy violation2005$300,000
Scholastic Inc.Scholastic Corp.mediaconsumer protection violation2005$710,000
AVS Marketing, Inc. consumer protection violation2005$400,000
Capital City Mortgage CorporationCapital City Bank Groupfinancial servicesconsumer protection violation2005$750,000
Hi-Health Supermart Corporation consumer protection violation2005$450,000
Body Wise International, Inc. consumer protection violation2005$2,000,000
The College Advantage Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2005$1,433,000
West Coast Advertising & Marketing consumer protection violation2005$90,000
D.R.D., Inc. consumer protection violation2006$35,000
Capital Acquisitions and Management Corp. consumer protection violation2006$1,000,000
Yesmail Inc. consumer protection violation2006$50,717
Zango, Inc. consumer protection violation2006$3,000,000
Xanga.com, Inc. consumer protection violation2006$1,000,000
Whitewing Financial Group, Inc. consumer protection violation2006$150,000
Basic Research, LLC consumer protection violation2006$3,000,000
ICE.com consumer protection violation2006$6,500
Kodak Imaging Network consumer protection violation2006$26,331
Lighthouse Credit Foundation Inc. consumer protection violation2006$2,786,380
Garden of Life, Inc. consumer protection violation2006$225,000
Bookspan consumer protection violation2006$680,000
ChoicePoint, Inc.RELX Groupmediaprivacy violation2006$15,000,000
Conversion Marketing, Inc. consumer protection violation2006$474,000
Far West Credit, Inc consumer protection violation2006$120,000
ValueAct Capital Partners investor protection violation2007$1,100,000
American United Mortgage Company privacy violation2007$50,000
CEO Group, Inc. consumer protection violation2007$25,000
Adteractive, Inc. consumer protection violation2007$650,000
LTD Financial Services, L.P. consumer protection violation2007$1,375,000
Digital Enterprises Inc. d/b/a Movieland.com et al. consumer protection violation2007$501,367
Transdermal Products International Marketing Corporation consumer protection violation2007$180,000
WebSource Media, L.L.C. et al. consumer protection violation2007$1,200,000
Netvertise, Inc. consumer protection violation2007$160,000
Sunny Health Nutrition Technology & Products, Inc. consumer protection violation2007$1,600,000
Consumerinfo.com consumer protection violation2007$300,000
DirectRevenue LLC consumer protection violation2007$1,500,000
TJ Web Productions, LLC consumer protection violation2007$465,000
Bayer CorporationBayerchemicalsconsumer protection violation2007$3,200,000
CompuCredit CorporationAtlanticus Holdingsfinancial servicesconsumer protection violation2008$114,000,000
ESL Partners, L.P. investor protection violation2008$525,000
ZAM Holdings, L.P. consumer protection violation2008$275,000
Contact Lens Heaven consumer protection violation2008$15,000
See Right Vision consumer protection violation2008$27,000
Sony BMG Music EntertainmentSonyelectrical and electronic equipmentprivacy violation2008$1,000,000
Academy Collection Service, Inc. consumer protection violation2008$2,250,000
Advanced Patch Technologies consumer protection violation2008$67,471
Buckhead Marketing & Distribution LLC consumer protection violation2008$43,068
Bear Stearns Companies, LLCJPMorgan Chasefinancial servicesmortgage abuses2008$28,000,000
North American Herb & Spice Co., LLC consumer protection violation2008$2,500,000
ValueClick, Inc. consumer protection violation2008$2,900,000
BSG Clearing Solutions North America LLC, ACI Billing Services Inc. d/b/a OAN, and Billing Concepts Inc. consumer protection violation2008$1,900,000
BlueHippo Funding LLC and BlueHippo Capital LLC consumer protection violation2008$5,000,000
Sili Neutraceuticals, LLC consumer protection violation2008$2,500,000
Industrious Kid, Inc. privacy violation2008$130,000
Member Source Media LLC consumer protection violation2008$200,000
Voice-Mail Broadcasting Corporation consumer protection violation2008$180,000
Iconix Brand Group, Inc.Iconix Brand Groupapparelprivacy violation2009$250,000
MoneyGram International, Inc.Madison Dearborn Partnersprivate equity (including portfolio companies)consumer protection violation2009$18,000,000
New Edge Satellite, Inc. privacy violation2009$570,000
Vision Quest, LLC privacy violation2009$690,000
CVS Pharmacy, Inc.CVS Healthretailingconsumer protection violation2009$2,780,000
Metropolitan Home Mortgage, Inc consumer protection violation2009$20,000
Quality Terminal Services, LLC employment screening violation2009$53,000
Rail Terminal Services, LLC employment screening violation2009$24,000
Rite Aid CorporationRite Aidretailingconsumer protection violation2009$500,000
TALX CorporationEquifaxmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2009$350,000
Clifton Telecard Alliance One, LLC consumer protection violation2009$1,300,000
InterBill Ltd. consumer protection violation2009$1,779,000
Comcast Corp.Comcasttelecommunicationsprivacy violation2009$900,000
DIRECTVAT&Ttelecommunicationsprivacy violation2009$2,310,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyBristol-Myers Squibbpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009$2,100,000
QVC, Inc.Qurate Retailretailingconsumer protection violation2009$7,500,000
Alternatel Inc., Voice Prepaid Inc., G.F.G. Enterprises LLC d/b/a Mystic Prepaid, Voice Distributors Inc. and Telecom Express Inc. consumer protection violation2009$2,250,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.