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  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celestica | Onex | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| Petco Animal Supplies | CVC Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-state | $2,500,000 |
| PharMerica Corp. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | kickbacks and bribery | 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. $2,500,000 |
| Apollo Global Management | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | WARN Act violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| Lifepoint Hospitals, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | DOJ_CIVIL | $2,522,502 |
| Beverly Enterprises, Inc. | Fillmore Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | nursing home violation | 2002 | CA-AG | $2,586,927 |
| American Medical Response Inc. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | USAO | $2,700,000 |
| ADT LLC | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,700,000 |
| Hitachi Metals Ltd. | Bain Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,725,000 |
| Guitar Center | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $2,900,000 |
| Talbots | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-state | $2,950,000 |
| Exactech Inc. | TPG Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | kickbacks and bribery | 2010 | USAO | $2,990,000 |
| America Online | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $3,000,000 |
| Liberty Life Insurance Company of Greenville, S.C. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | insurance violation | 2005 | MULTI-FIN | $3,075,950 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $3,200,000 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $3,200,000 |
| Platinum Equity Advisors, LLC | Platinum Equity | private equity (including portfolio companies) | investor protection violation | 2017 | SEC | $3,402,132 |
| America Online, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2000 | SEC | $3,500,000 |
| Ann Taylor | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-state | $3,500,000 |
| FERRO CORP, KEIL CHEMICAL | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | air pollution violation | 2002 | EPA | $3,514,150 |
| Kindred Nursing Centers L.P. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | nursing home violation | 2004 | KY-AG | $3,684,605 |
| Cardinal Logistics | H.I.G. Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,750,000 |
| Acuity Specialty Products, Inc., | New Mountain Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | water pollution violation | 2007 | EPA | $3,800,000 |
| PetSmart | BC Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,800,000 |
| Staples, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,950,000 |
| American Greetings | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 |
| California Pizza Kitchen | Golden Gate Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $4,000,000 |
| Aviva Life & Annuity Company | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | insurance violation | 2013 | MULTI-AG | $4,000,000 |
| South Bay Mental Health Center, Inc. | H.I.G. Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2018 | MA-AG | $4,000,000 |
| Reilly Industries Inc. | Wind Point Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,150,000 |
| CEC Entertainment | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-state | $4,240,000 |
| PetSmart Inc. | BC Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | product safety violation | 2016 | CPSC | $4,250,000 |
| Michaels Stores | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,300,000 |
| Sonic Corp. | Roark Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,325,000 |
| Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,400,000 |
| Calpine Energy Services, L.P. | Energy Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | energy market violation | 2007 | FERC | $4,500,000 |
| Moran Foods | Onex | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,500,000 |
| Cushman & Wakefield of Washington, DC, Inc | TPG Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2005 | DC-AG | $4,800,000 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-state | $4,900,000 |
| PharMerica Inc. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | kickbacks and bribery | 2022 | MULTI-AG | $4,900,000 |
| GEO Specialty Chemicals Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $5,000,000 |
| Gentiva Health | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $5,000,000 |
| Jo-Ann Stores | Leonard Green & Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-state | $5,000,000 |
| USALCO LLC | H.I.G. Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Corporate Express Office Products | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | DOJ_CIVIL | $5,020,000 |
| Air Methods Corporation | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,026,204 |
| Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,250,000 |
| Rural/Metro Corporation | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2012 | USAO | $5,400,000 |
| Rural/Metro Corporation, Rural/Metro of Central Alabama, Inc., and Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc. dba Rural/Metro Ambulance | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2012 | USAO | $5,426,000 |
| Ferro Corporation | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,500,000 |
| Tenneco Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,520,000 |
| ResCare Iowa Inc. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2015 | DOJ_CIVIL | $5,630,000 |
| Sonic Corp. | Roark Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,700,000 |
| Dollar Financial | Lone Star Funds | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $5,800,000 |
| Caliber Collision Centers | Hellman & Friedman | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2004 | CA-AG | $5,800,000 |
| Securities America Advisors Inc. | Reverence Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | investor protection violation | 2018 | SEC | $5,828,448 |
| USALCO LLC | H.I.G. Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,100,000 |
| AnnTaylor Stores | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $6,500,000 |
| Jo-Ann Stores | Leonard Green & Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-state | $6,500,000 |
| Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. | Reverence Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | investor protection violation | 2005 | FINRA | $6,600,000 |
| Shutterfly Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-state | $6,750,000 |
| Staples Contract and Commercial | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2005 | DOJ_CIVIL | $7,400,000 |
| Akzo Nobel | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,500,000 |
| Calsonic Kansei Corporation | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,920,000 |
| Petco Animal Supplies | CVC Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,995,000 |
| Aeroflex Incorporated | Advent International | private equity (including portfolio companies) | export control violation | 2013 | DDTC | $8,000,000 |
| Petco Animal Supplies | CVC Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-state | $8,000,000 |
| PPL Montana | Riverstone Holdings | private equity (including portfolio companies) | water pollution violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $8,000,000 |
| Classmates Inc. | H.I.G. Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2015 | MULTI-AG | $8,177,600 |
| MoneyGram International Inc. | Madison Dearborn Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2022 | NY-DFS | $8,250,000 |
| Scotts Lawn Service (later Trugreen) | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,975,000 |
| Arctic Glacier International Inc. | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $9,000,000 |
| American Medical Response Inc. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | DOJ_CIVIL | $9,000,000 |
| CKE Restaurants | Roark Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-state | $9,000,000 |
| Tenneco Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,000,000 |
| PharMerica Corp. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | kickbacks and bribery | 2015 | DOJ_CIVIL | $9,250,000 |
| Royal Alliance Associates, SagePoint Financial and FSC Securities Corporation | Reverence Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | investor protection violation | 2016 | SEC | $9,500,000 |
| Acosta Sales | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,900,000 |
| PetSmart | BC Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,000,000 |
| Barnes & Noble | Elliott Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $10,000,000 |
| GEO Specialty Chemicals Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,796,800 |
| Massage Envy Franchising, LLC | Roark Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,000,000 |
| Calsonic Kansei Corporation | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,121,840 |
| Rexall Sundown, Inc. | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2003 | FTC | $12,000,000 |
| Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $12,000,000 |
| Kindred Healthcare | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,000,000 |
| Motel 6 | Blackstone | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2019 | WA-AG | $12,000,000 |
| Neiman Marcus Group Inc. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,437,500 |
| TPG Capital Advisors, LLC | TPG Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | investor protection violation | 2017 | SEC | $12,487,620 |
| Gentiva Health Services Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | USAO | $12,500,000 |
| Arctic Glacier Inc. | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,500,000 |
| Odyssey HealthCare | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | DOJ_CIVIL | $12,900,000 |
| MoneyGram Payment Systems | Madison Dearborn Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2016 | MULTI-AG | $13,000,000 |
| American Securities LLC | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,000,000 |
| Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc. | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $14,900,000 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | Platinum Equity | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2001 | DOJ_CIVIL | $15,000,000 |
| Ingram Micro Inc. | Platinum Equity | private equity (including portfolio companies) | investor protection violation | 2009 | SEC | $15,000,000 |
| Athene Life Insurance Company of New York | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | insurance violation | 2018 | NY-DFS | $15,000,000 |
| 1-800 Contacts Inc. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,100,000 |
| Kronos Inc. | Hellman & Friedman | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,276,277 |
