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  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2015 | DOJ | $20,800,000,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | tax violations | 2006 | IRS | $3,400,000,000 |
| BP EXPLORATION/MOEX/TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER/TRITON/GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL/DEEPWATER HORIZON (NC) | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $3,377,250,000 |
| BP Exploration & Production Inc. (Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill) (National Case) (Lead) | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $3,372,250,000 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Standard Chartered | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2019 | OFAC | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $657,040,033 |
| British American Tobacco | British American Tobacco | tobacco | economic sanction violation | 2023 | DOJ_NATSEC | $629,000,000 |
| Republic New York Securities | HSBC | financial services | fraud | 2001 | USAO | $569,000,000 |
| AstraZeneca LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2010 | FDA | $520,000,000 |
| Household Finance Corp. | HSBC | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2002 | MULTI-AG | $484,000,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | 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. $477,792,391 |
| HSBC Bank USA NA | HSBC | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2016 | DOJ | $470,000,000 |
| BP West Coast Products LLC | BP | oil and gas | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-state | $409,000,000 |
| BP North America Inc. | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | $408,000,000 |
| Indivior Inc. | Indivior PLC | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $385,000,000 |
| HSBC Holdings | HSBC | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2012 | OFAC | $375,000,000 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | DOJ_CIVIL | $354,900,000 |
| British Airways PLC | International Airlines Group | airlines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $300,000,000 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Standard Chartered | financial services | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2014 | NY-DFS | $300,000,000 |
| Barclays Bank PLC | Barclays | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2010 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $298,000,000 |
| De Beers Group | Anglo American PLC | mining and minerals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $295,000,000 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Standard Chartered | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2019 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $292,210,160 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Standard Chartered | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2019 | NY-MANDA | $292,000,000 |
| Roxane Laboratories Inc. | Hikma Pharmaceuticals | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2010 | DOJ_CIVIL | $280,000,000 |
| ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | banking violation | 2015 | FED | $274,000,000 |
| BP | BP | oil and gas | consumer protection violation | 2012 | AK-AG | $255,000,000 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $255,000,000 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Standard Chartered | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2012 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $227,000,000 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2010 | 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. $218,092,993 |
| HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA | HSBC | financial services | tax violations | 2019 | USAO | $192,350,000 |
| HSBC Holdings plc | HSBC | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2012 | NY-MANDA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $187,500,000 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Standard Chartered | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2019 | NY-DFS | $180,000,000 |
| Lloyds TSB Bank PLC | Lloyds Banking Group | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2009 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $175,000,000 |
| HSBC Holdings | HSBC | financial services | banking violation | 2017 | FED | $175,000,000 |
| Lloyds TSB Bank plc | Lloyds Banking Group | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2009 | NY-MANDA | $175,000,000 |
| BarclaysPLC | Barclays | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $155,333,333 |
| HSBC HoldingsPLC | HSBC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $155,333,333 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland GroupPLC | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $155,333,333 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2005 | DOJ_CIVIL | $150,000,000 |
| Brown & Williamson Tobacco | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $150,000,000 |
| Atlantic Richfield | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2020 | USAO | $150,000,000 |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | Deloitte | business services | False Claims Act and related | 2018 | DOJ_CIVIL | $149,500,000 |
| Barclays plc | Barclays | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2010 | NY-MANDA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $149,000,000 |
| British Airways PLC | International Airlines Group | airlines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $139,000,000 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Standard Chartered | 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. $132,000,000 |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | Barclays | financial services | investor protection violation | 2022 | SEC | $125,000,000 |
| Ernst & Young LLP | Ernst & Young | business services | tax violations | 2013 | USAO | $123,000,000 |
| Royal Dutch Petroleum Company | Shell PLC | oil and gas | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2004 | SEC | $120,000,000 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Standard Chartered | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2012 | NY-MANDA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $113,500,000 |
| Ernst & Young | Ernst & Young | business services | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2009 | MI-AG | $109,000,000 |
| Indivior Inc. | Indivior PLC | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | MULTI-AG | $102,500,000 |
| HSBC Holdings plc | HSBC | financial services | fraud | 2018 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $100,000,000 |
| Ernst & Young LLP | Ernst & Young | business services | investor protection violation | 2022 | SEC | $100,000,000 |
| CF&I Steel, LP, an Oregon Steel Mills Company | Evraz | metals | labor relations violation | 2004 | NLRB | $97,182,500 |
| Barclays Capital | Barclays | financial services | investor protection violation | 2017 | SEC | $97,037,659 |
| R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2020 | FL-AG | $92,000,000 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $90,000,000 |
| British Airways PLC | International Airlines Group | airlines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $89,512,000 |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | Barclays | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $87,000,000 |
| BP West Coast Products | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2005 | CA-SCAQMD | $81,000,000 |
| BAE Systems plc | BAE Systems | aerospace and military contracting | export control violation | 2011 | DDTC | $79,000,000 |
| Coutts & Co Ltd | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | tax violations | 2015 | DOJ_TAX | $78,484,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $75,000,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline PLC | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $70,000,000 |
| Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. | British American Tobacco | tobacco | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $69,600,000 |
| Lorillard Tobacco Co. | British American Tobacco | tobacco | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $69,600,000 |
| Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd | Virgin Group | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $68,000,000 |
| Shell Pipeline Company LP | Shell PLC | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $67,000,000 |
| BP Solar International, Inc. | BP | oil and gas | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $67,000,000 |
| Terminix International | Rentokil Initial PLC | miscellaneous services | consumer protection violation | 2020 | AL-AG | $60,000,000 |
| HSBC | HSBC | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2016 | 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. $59,500,000 |
| Linde Inc. | Linde | industrial services | energy market violation | 2024 | FERC | $59,000,000 |
| Shell Oil | Shell PLC | oil and gas | federal leasing royalty violation | 2000 | DOJ_CIVIL | $56,000,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline LLC | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2019 | IL-AG | $54,653,931 |
| BP America Inc. | BP | oil and gas | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $52,000,000 |
| BP Products North America | BP | oil and gas | workplace safety or health violation | 2010 | OSHA | $50,610,000 |
| THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | banking violation | 2013 | FED | $50,000,000 |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | Deloitte | business services | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2005 | SEC | $50,000,000 |
| Willis Group Holdings Ltd. | Willis Towers Watson | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | NY-AG | $50,000,000 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2013 | NY-DFS | $50,000,000 |
| Cristal USA, Inc. | Ineos | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| Reckitt Benckiser LLC | Reckitt Benckiser | household and personal care products | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| SmithKline Beecham | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | DOJ_CIVIL | $47,000,000 |
| AstraZeneca LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2015 | DOJ_CIVIL | $46,500,000 |
| AstraZeneca LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2015 | 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. $46,500,000 |
| HSBC Bank PLC | HSBC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| British Airways PLC | International Airlines Group | airlines | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP | PricewaterhouseCoopers | business services | False Claims Act and related | 2005 | DOJ_CIVIL | $41,900,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2011 | MULTI-AG | $40,750,000 |
| Ernst & Young | Ernst & Young | business services | banking violation | 2004 | FDIC | $40,000,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $40,000,000 |
| National Grid USA | National Grid | utilities and power generation | privacy violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $38,500,000 |
| BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2023 | EPA | $36,424,000 |
| HSBC Bank USA, National Association | HSBC | financial services | banking violation | 2016 | OCC | $35,000,000 |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | Barclays | financial services | investor protection violation | 2016 | SEC | $35,000,000 |
| Barclays Capital Inc. | Barclays | financial services | investor protection violation | 2016 | NY-AG | $35,000,000 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2013 | OFAC | $33,000,000 |
| R.J. Reynolds Tobacco | British American Tobacco | tobacco | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $33,000,000 |
| HSBC Bank USA, National Association | HSBC | financial services | banking violation | 2017 | OCC | $32,500,000 |
| ArthroCare Corporation | Smith & Nephew | medical equipment and supplies | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2014 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $30,000,000 |
| Armor Holdings Products LLC | BAE Systems | aerospace and military contracting | False Claims Act and related | 2008 | DOJ_CIVIL | $30,000,000 |
| HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. | HSBC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $30,000,000 |
