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Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
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Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | National Grid | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2005 | NY-AG | $8,500,000 |
Roxane Laboratories, Inc. | Hikma Pharmaceuticals | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2009 | FL-AG | $8,500,000 |
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2011 | MS-AG | $8,100,000 |
Atlantic Richfield Co. | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2008 | MT-AG | $8,000,000 |
National Grid | National Grid | utilities and power generation | consumer protection violation | 2009 | MA-AG | $8,000,000 |
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes | Deloitte | business services | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2016 | PCAOB | $8,000,000 |
Equilon Enterprises | Shell PLC | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $8,000,000 |
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,000,000 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | PricewaterhouseCoopers | business services | investor protection violation | 2019 | SEC | $7,944,055 |
SHELL PIPELINE COMPANY LP | Shell PLC | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2002 | WA-ENV | $7,860,000 |
Equilon Enterprises LLC | Shell PLC | oil and gas | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,750,000 |
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp. | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2015 | MS-AG | $7,500,000 |
Equilon Enterprises LLC, and Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership | Shell PLC | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2001 | 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. $7,500,000 |
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2015 | MS-AG | $7,500,000 |
First Transit | FirstGroup | miscellaneous services | consumer protection violation | 2012 | MA-AG | $7,300,000 |
Barclays Bank PLC | Barclays | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,100,000 |
BP Energy Company | BP | oil and gas | energy market violation | 2007 | FERC | $7,000,000 |
National Grid | National Grid | utilities and power generation | consumer protection violation | 2018 | MA-AG | $7,000,000 |
HSBC | HSBC | financial services | False Claims Act and related | 2020 | CA-AG | $7,000,000 |
Barclays Bank PLC | Barclays | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,000,000 |
BP Amoco Polymers Inc. | BP | oil and gas | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,000,000 |
Royal Bank of Scotland plc | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,000,000 |
Standard Chartered Bank | Standard Chartered | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,000,000 |
HSBC | HSBC | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,982,000 |
Compass Group USA, Inc. | Compass Group | restaurants and foodservice | privacy violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,800,000 |
Shell Chemical | Shell PLC | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2007 | LA-ENV | $6,500,000 |
Standard Chartered Bank (Switzerland) SA, en liquidation | Standard Chartered | financial services | tax violations | 2015 | DOJ_TAX | $6,337,000 |
William Penn Life Insurance Company | Legal & General Group PLC | financial services | insurance violation | 2018 | NY-DFS | $6,300,000 |
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2011 | DOJ_CIVIL | $6,250,000 |
BAE Systems Controls | BAE Systems | aerospace and military contracting | False Claims Act and related | 2002 | DOJ_CIVIL | $6,200,000 |
HSBC Finance Corporation et al. | HSBC | financial services | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,050,000 |
Kilgore Flares Company | Chemring | aerospace and military contracting | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | DOJ_CIVIL | $6,000,000 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers | PricewaterhouseCoopers | business services | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2011 | SEC | $6,000,000 |
National Grid USA | National Grid | utilities and power generation | False Claims Act and related | 2021 | NY-AG | $6,000,000 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | PricewaterhouseCoopers | business services | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2009 | NJ-AG | $5,850,000 |
International Airlines Group | International Airlines Group | airlines | False Claims Act and related | 2018 | DOJ_CIVIL | $5,800,000 |
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. | RELX Group | media | False Claims Act and related | 2019 | MULTI-AG | $5,800,000 |
Shell Oil Company | Shell PLC | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,800,000 |
Barclays PLC | Barclays | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,700,000 |
NCS Pearson Inc. | Pearson | information technology | False Claims Act and related | 2008 | DOJ_CIVIL | $5,600,000 |
AstraZeneca PLC | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | kickbacks and bribery | 2016 | SEC | $5,522,000 |
AstraZeneca | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2013 | KY-AG | $5,500,000 |
AstraZeneca | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | consumer protection violation | 2010 | KY-AG | $5,391,000 |
National Grid | National Grid | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2023 | EPA | $5,380,000 |
British American Tobacco p.l.c. | British American Tobacco | tobacco | economic sanction violation | 2023 | OFAC | $5,348,685 |
HSBC | HSBC | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2012 | NCUA | $5,250,000 |
INEOS ABS USA Corp. | Ineos | chemicals | environmental violation | 2009 | EPA | $5,100,000 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers LL | PricewaterhouseCoopers | business services | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2002 | SEC | $5,000,000 |
Compass Group USA | Compass Group | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2006 | CA-AG | $5,000,000 |
Diageo plc | Diageo | beverages | investor protection violation | 2020 | SEC | $5,000,000 |
BP | BP | oil and gas | consumer protection violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
Shell Oil | Shell PLC | oil and gas | consumer protection violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
National Grid | National Grid | utilities and power generation | wage and hour violation | 2013 | NY-AG | $4,800,000 |
HSBC Bank PLC | HSBC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,750,000 |
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. | British American Tobacco | tobacco | consumer protection violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,750,000 |
Barclays Capital Inc. | Barclays | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2021 | NM-AG | $4,642,857 |
NatWest Markets Securities Inc. | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2021 | NM-AG | $4,642,857 |
Ernst & Young | Ernst & Young | business services | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | USAO | $4,471,980 |
Shell Oil Company and Motiva Enterprises | Shell PLC | oil and gas | wage and hour violation | 2014 | WHD | $4,470,764 |
Shell | Shell PLC | oil and gas | tax violations | 2000 | LA-AG | $4,360,000 |
PetSmart Inc. | BC Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | product safety violation | 2016 | CPSC | $4,250,000 |
GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | KS-AG | $4,250,000 |
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals | Amryt Pharma | pharmaceuticals | investor protection violation | 2017 | SEC | $4,100,000 |
Ernst & Young LLP | Ernst & Young | business services | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2014 | SEC | $4,070,000 |
HSBC | HSBC | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2016 | MA-AG | $4,000,000 |
BP West Coast Products | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2003 | CA-MULTI | $4,000,000 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers | PricewaterhouseCoopers | business services | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2023 | PCAOB | $4,000,000 |
PetSmart | BC Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,800,000 |
TA Operating LLC and HPT TA Properties Trust and Petro Travel Plaza LLC | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2014 | CA-WAT | $3,800,000 |
Barclays Capital Inc. | Barclays | financial services | investor protection violation | 2013 | FINRA | $3,750,000 |
Willis Group Holdings Ltd. | Willis Towers Watson | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,727,272 |
GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2010 | KY-AG | $3,700,000 |
GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $3,500,000 |
Banner Life Insurance Company | Legal & General Group PLC | financial services | insurance violation | 2022 | NY-DFS | $3,500,000 |
National Westminster Bank plc | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,500,000 |
BP/AMOCO CORPORATION (BLANCHARD REFINING)-TEXAS CITY REFINERY | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $3,450,000 |
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2010 | HI-AG | $3,333,333 |
GlaxoSmithKline LLC | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2010 | HI-AG | $3,333,333 |
Equilon Enterprises LLC | Shell PLC | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2006 | CA-SCAQMD | $3,300,000 |
Lincare Inc. | Linde | industrial services | False Claims Act and related | 2001 | DOJ_CIVIL | $3,150,000 |
Roxane, Inc. | Hikma Pharmaceuticals | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2010 | MO-AG | $3,100,000 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditing Company SA | PricewaterhouseCoopers | business services | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2023 | PCAOB | $3,000,000 |
Ernst & Young LLP | Ernst & Young | business services | investor protection violation | 2008 | SEC | $2,918,987 |
Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. and Triumph Motorcycles (America) Ltd. | Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. | motor vehicles | motor vehicle safety violation | 2015 | NHTSA | $2,900,000 |
BAE Systems | BAE Systems | aerospace and military contracting | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,900,000 |
U.S. Borax, Inc. | Rio Tinto | mining and minerals | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $2,750,000 |
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Amryt Pharma | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2017 | 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. $2,700,000 |
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2009 | DOJ_CIVIL | $2,600,000 |
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2009 | 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. $2,600,000 |
GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2012 | ID-AG | $2,600,000 |
Willis Group Holdings Ltd. | Willis Towers Watson | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2007 | FL-AG | $2,600,000 |
GLOBE METALLURGICAL, INC. | Ferroglobe | metals | environmental violation | 2023 | EPA | $2,600,000 |
Elementis Chromium, Inc. | Elementis | chemicals | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $2,571,800 |
Elementis Chromium, LP | Elementis | chemicals | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $2,571,800 |
BP West Coast Products LLC | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2017 | CA-ARB | $2,542,000 |
Burberry | Burberry | apparel | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,540,000 |
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and AstraZeneca LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | ID-AG | $2,500,000 |
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. | HSBC | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2016 | VA-AG | $2,500,000 |
First Transit, Inc. | FirstGroup | miscellaneous services | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
Barclays Bank PLC | Barclays | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2016 | OFAC | $2,485,890 |