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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
Komaco International, Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2002$155,000
Blue Stuff, Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2002$3,000,000
Access Resource Services, Inc. and Psychic Readers Network, Inc. consumer protection violation2002$5,000,000
Southern Progress Corporation consumer protection violation2002$500,000
Citigroup Inc.Citigroupfinancial servicesconsumer protection violation2002$215,000,000
E-Babylon, Inc. consumer protection violation2002$40,000
PeoplePC, Inc. consumer protection violation2002$100,000
American Savings Discount Club consumer protection violation2002$3,000,000
Mercantile Mortgage Company, Inc. consumer protection violation2002$250,000
D.C. Credit Services, Inc. consumer protection violation2002$300,000
Micro Star Software, Inc. consumer protection violation2002$90,000
Advanced Consumer Services consumer protection violation2002$700,000
Amden Corporation consumer protection violation2002$28,000
United Recovery Systems, Inc. consumer protection violation2002$240,000
Jones Apparel Group consumer protection violation2002$300,000
TechnoBrands, Inc. consumer protection violation2002$200,000
American Pop Corn Company consumer protection violation2002$10,000
Hearst CorporationHearstmediaconsumer protection violation2001$19,000,000
Hi Tech Mint Systems, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$233,000
Christopher Enterprises, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$100,000
AAAA Auto Car Brokers, Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2001$45,000
Financial Services of North America, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$239,793
Crescent Publishing Group, Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2001$30,000,000
Med Resorts International, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$5,000,000
Career Network, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$25,000
Triad Discount Buying Service Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2001$9,000,000
Hearst CorporationHearstmediainvestor protection violation2001$4,000,000
Lisa Frank, Inc. privacy violation2001$30,000
Liverite Products, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$60,000
Vocational Guides, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$191,600
Data Medical Capital, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$559,000
Netpliance, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$100,000
Creative Publishing International consumer protection violation2001$200,000
Bigmailbox.com, Inc. privacy violation2001$35,000
Looksmart Ltd. privacy violation2001$35,000
Monarch Services, Inc. and Girls Life, Inc. privacy violation2001$30,000
American Coin-Op Services, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$11,000
World Wide Coffee, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$20,000
Computer & Web Publications, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$81,000
Great Pacific Vending Corporation consumer protection violation2001$60,000
Enerjet Corporation consumer protection violation2001$10,000
Vending Communications, Inc. and Interactive Communication Services, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$34,500
Ameritel Payphone Distributors, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$40,000
Federal Data Service, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$800,000
Mylan Laboratories, Inc.Viatrispharmaceuticalsconsumer protection violation2000$100,000,000
World Interactive Gaming Corp. et al. consumer protection violation2000$550,000
Visions Group of America, Inc. and SOHO Technologies, Inc. consumer protection violation2000$22,000
Weider Nutrition International, Inc. consumer protection violation2000$400,000
United Payphones of America, Inc. consumer protection violation2000$22,000
Action Loan Company, Inc., consumer protection violation2000$387,000
Star Publishing Group, Inc. consumer protection violation2000$100,000
Cdnow Inc. consumer protection violation2000$300,000
KBkids.com LLC consumer protection violation2000$350,000
Macys.com Inc.Macy'sretailingconsumer protection violation2000$350,000
Patriot Computer Corp. consumer protection violation2000$200,000
The Original Honey Baked Ham Co. of Georgia Inc. consumer protection violation2000$45,000
Toysrus.com Inc. consumer protection violation2000$350,000
Nu West, Inc. consumer protection violation2000$160,000
North American Capital Corporation consumer protection violation2000$250,000
Century Direct Marketing and New Concepts Communications, LLC consumer protection violation2000$200,000
Intermatic Incorporated consumer protection violation2000$250,000
Rose Creek Health Products, Inc. and The Staff of Life, Inc. consumer protection violation2000$375,000
Ultra Ribbons, Inc. and Allstate Imaging, Inc. consumer protection violation2000$500,000
Commonwealth Marketing Group, Inc. and Great Escape Vacations & Tours, Inc. consumer protection violation2000$145,000
Nine West Group Inc.Premier Brands Group Holdingsapparelprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000$34,000,000
National Maintenance Supply, Inc. consumer protection violation2000$80,000
The Nahdree Group, Ltd. consumer protection violation2000$10,000
DBC Financial, Inc. consumer protection violation2000$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
Bayer CorporationBayerchemicalsconsumer protection violation2000$1,000,000
Equinox International consumer protection violation2000$40,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.