Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pacific Gas & Electric | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $565,000,000 |
GlaxoSmithKline LLC | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2012 | FDA | $3,000,000,000 |
Abbott Laboratories Inc. | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2012 | FDA | $1,500,000,000 |
BP Exploration and Production Inc. | BP | oil and gas | oil spill | 2012 | DOJ | $4,000,000,000 |
Amgen Inc. | Amgen | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2012 | FDA | $762,000,000 |
Bank of America Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ | $10,956,600,000 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ | $5,333,600,000 |
Wells Fargo & Company | Wells Fargo | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ | $5,342,200,000 |
Citigroup Inc. | Citigroup | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ | $2,202,000,000 |
HSBC Holdings plc HSBC Bank USA N.A. | HSBC | financial services | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2012 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $1,256,000,000 |
ING Bank N.V. | ING | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2012 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $619,000,000 |
UBS AG | UBS | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | CFTC | $700,000,000 |
PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker | Flutter Entertainment PLC | entertainment | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2012 | USAO | $731,000,000 |
ING Bank N.V. | ING | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2012 | OFAC | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $619,000,000 |
BP | BP | oil and gas | investor protection violation | 2012 | SEC | $525,000,000 |
Science Applications International Corporation | Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) | information technology | fraud | 2012 | USAO | $500,392,977 |
Amgen Inc. | Amgen | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2012 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $612,000,000 |
Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | investor protection violation | 2012 | MULTI-AG | $2,430,000,000 |
Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $2,382,415,075 |
JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,121,188,661 |
Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,005,233,716 |
BP | BP | oil and gas | oil spill | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,800,000,000 |
HOVENSA LLC | air pollution violation | 2011 | EPA | $705,375,000 | ||
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. | NiSource | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | $613,000,000 |
Merck, Sharp & Dohme | Merck | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2011 | FDA | $950,000,000 |
Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2011 | FHFA | $1,300,000,000 |
Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2011 | FHFA | $1,520,000,000 |
Bayer AG | Bayer | chemicals | product safety violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $750,000,000 |
Westar Energy | Evergy Inc. | utilities and power generation | air pollution violation | 2010 | EPA | $509,000,000 |
SB Pharmco Puerto Rico Inc. | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2010 | FDA | $750,000,000 |
Allergan Inc. | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2010 | FDA | $600,000,000 |
AstraZeneca LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2010 | FDA | $520,000,000 |
Goldman Sachs & Co. | Goldman Sachs | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2010 | SEC | $550,000,000 |
Deutsche Bank AG | Deutsche Bank | financial services | tax violations | 2010 | USAO | $553,633,153 |
American International Group | American International Group | financial services | investor protection violation | 2010 | OH-AG | $725,000,000 |
Countrywide Financial Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2010 | MULTI-AG | $3,004,100,000 |
GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $770,000,000 |
Pfizer Inc. | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2009 | FDA | $2,300,000,000 |
Eli Lilly and Company | Eli Lilly | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2009 | FDA | $1,415,000,000 |
Invista | Koch Industries | diversified | environmental violation | 2009 | EPA | $501,700,000 |
UBS AG | UBS | financial services | tax violations | 2009 | DOJ_TAX | $780,000,000 |
Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | investor protection violation | 2009 | CA-AG | $1,400,000,000 |
Merck & Company | Merck | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2008 | DOJ_CIVIL | $650,000,000 |
Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal/state | $640,000,000 |
Banc of America Securities LLC | Bank of America | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $4,550,000,000 |
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Citi Smith Barney | Citigroup | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $7,100,000,000 |
Countrywide Home Loans | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $8,680,000,000 |
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG | Deutsche Bank | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,348,333,333 |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Goldman Sachs | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,355,833,333 |
JP Morgan Chase & Co. | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,525,000,000 |
Merrill Lynch & Co. | Bank of America | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,458,333,333 |
Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,535,000,000 |
RBC Capital Markets Corporation | Royal Bank of Canada | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $859,800,000 |
UBS Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services, Inc. | UBS | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $11,150,000,000 |
Exxon Corporation | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $507,500,000 |
Pfizer | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $745,000,000 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Bristol-Myers Squibb | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2007 | DOJ_CIVIL | $515,000,000 |
American Electric Power | American Electric Power | utilities and power generation | air pollution violation | 2007 | EPA | $4,675,000,000 |
East Kentucky Power Cooperative | East Kentucky Power Cooperative | utilities and power generation | air pollution violation | 2007 | EPA | $650,750,000 |
Purdue Frederick Company Inc. | Purdue Pharma | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2007 | USAO | $600,000,000 |
American Electric Power | American Electric Power | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $4,675,000,000 |
Merck & Co., Inc. | Merck | pharmaceuticals | tax violations | 2007 | IRS | $2,300,000,000 |
Merck & Co. | Merck | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,850,000,000 |
Boeing Company | Boeing | aerospace and military contracting | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | DOJ_CIVIL | $615,000,000 |
Tenet Healthcare Corporation | Tenet Healthcare | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | DOJ_CIVIL | $900,000,000 |
Prudential Equity Group LLC | Prudential Financial | financial services | investor protection violation | 2006 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $600,000,000 |
American International Group, Inc. | American International Group | financial services | investor protection violation | 2006 | SEC | $800,000,000 |
American International Group | American International Group | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | NY-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,619,000,000 |
GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | tax violations | 2006 | IRS | $3,400,000,000 |
Exxon Corporation | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,075,000,000 |
Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft | information technology | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $1,100,000,000 |
Serono, S.A. | Merck KGaA (EMD) | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2005 | FDA | $704,000,000 |
Adelphia Communications Corporation | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2005 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $715,000,000 | ||
ExxonMobil | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | air pollution violation | 2005 | EPA | $589,400,000 |
Valero | Valero Energy | oil and gas | air pollution violation | 2005 | EPA | $711,000,000 |
Ohio Edison Company | FirstEnergy | utilities and power generation | air pollution violation | 2005 | EPA | $1,133,500,000 |
Dynegy Midwest Generation | Vistra Energy | utilities and power generation | air pollution violation | 2005 | EPA | $524,000,000 |
ConocoPhillips | Phillips 66 | oil and gas | air pollution violation | 2005 | EPA | $539,500,000 |
Enron | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $1,520,000,000 | ||
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | Marsh & McLennan | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $850,000,000 |
Mirant Corporation | NRG Energy | utilities and power generation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | CA-AG | $749,700,000 |
Eli Lilly and Company | Eli Lilly | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $690,000,000 |
Pfizer | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $750,000,000 |
Mastercard International Inc. | MasterCard | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,025,000,000 |
Visa USA | Visa | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,025,000,000 |
HCA Inc. | HCA Healthcare | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | DOJ_CIVIL | $631,000,000 |
Wisconsin Electric Power Company | WEC Energy Group | utilities and power generation | air pollution violation | 2003 | EPA | $623,200,000 |
Virginia Electric Power Co. | Dominion Energy | utilities and power generation | air pollution violation | 2003 | EPA | $1,219,200,000 |
Abbott Laboratories and CG Nutritionals | Abbott Laboratories | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | DOJ_CIVIL | $600,000,000 |
Alliance Capital Management | Equitable Holdings | financial services | investor protection violation | 2003 | NY-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $600,000,000 |
El Paso Corporation | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $1,450,000,000 |
Sulzer Medica | Zimmer Biomet | medical equipment and supplies | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,000,000,000 |
American Home Products | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,750,000,000 |
U.S. Tobacco Co. | Altria | tobacco | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,050,000,000 |
TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. | Takeda Pharmaceutical | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2001 | DOJ_CIVIL | $875,000,000 |
BP | BP | oil and gas | air pollution violation | 2001 | EPA | $660,000,000 |
Republic New York Securities | HSBC | financial services | fraud | 2001 | USAO | $569,000,000 |
HCA-The Healthcare Company | HCA Healthcare | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2000 | DOJ_CIVIL | $840,000,000 |
Cinergy Corporation | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | air pollution violation | 2000 | EPA | $1,430,000,000 |