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| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year  | Agency | Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinergy Corporation | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $1,430,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Virginia Electric Power Co. | Dominion Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $1,219,200,000 |
| El Paso Corporation | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $1,450,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Ohio Edison Company | FirstEnergy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2005 | EPA | $1,133,500,000 |
| Enron | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $1,520,000,000 | ||
| 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 |
| American Electric Power | American Electric Power | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $4,675,000,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| UBS Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services, Inc. | UBS | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $11,150,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | investor protection violation | 2009 | CA-AG | $1,400,000,000 |
| Countrywide Financial Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2010 | MULTI-AG | $3,004,100,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 | environmental violation | 2012 | DOJ | $4,000,000,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 | environmental violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,800,000,000 |
| Transocean | Transocean | oilfield services and supplies | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $1,000,000,000 |
| Wisconsin Power and Light Company | Alliant Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $1,010,950,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2013 | FDA | $2,200,000,000 |
| Ocwen Financial Corporation and Ocwen Loan Servicing | Ocwen Financial | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2013 | CFPB | $2,125,000,000 |
| Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | banking violation | 2013 | OCC | $2,886,578,478 |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | banking violation | 2013 | OCC | $1,958,450,341 |
| Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | banking violation | 2013 | OCC | $1,991,141,181 |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | DOJ | $13,000,000,000 |
| Deutsche Bank AG | Deutsche Bank | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | FHFA | $1,925,000,000 |
| Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | FHFA | $10,350,000,000 |
| SAC Capital | insider trading | 2013 | USAO | $1,800,000,000 | ||
| JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | 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. $1,066,000,000 |
| DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,475,000,000 |
| Toyota Motor Corp. | Toyota | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,600,000,000 |
| Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin | Knauf | building materials | product safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,000,000,000 |
| Toyota Motor Corporation | Toyota | motor vehicles | motor vehicle safety violation | 2014 | NHTSA | $1,200,000,000 |
| Citigroup Inc. | Citigroup | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | DOJ | $7,000,000,000 |
| Bank of America Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2014 | DOJ | $16,650,000,000 |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. | Goldman Sachs | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | FHFA | $3,150,000,000 |
| Bank of America Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | FHFA | $9,300,000,000 |
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | FHFA | $1,250,000,000 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2014 | USAO | $1,700,000,000 |
| Credit Suisse AG | UBS | financial services | tax violations | 2014 | DOJ_TAX | $1,800,000,000 |
| MF Global Holdings Ltd. | investor protection violation | 2014 | CFTC | $1,312,000,000 | ||
| BNP Paribas S.A. | BNP Paribas | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2014 | 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. $2,243,400,000 |
| BNP Paribas | BNP Paribas | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2014 | NY-DFS | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $2,240,000,000 |
| Stryker Corp. | Stryker | medical equipment and supplies | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,425,000,000 |
| Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | Occidental Petroleum | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2015 | EPA | $5,150,000,000 |
| BP | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2015 | DOJ | $20,800,000,000 |
| Cephalon, Inc. | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | FTC | $1,200,000,000 |
| Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC | S&P Global | information technology | toxic securities abuses | 2015 | DOJ | $1,375,000,000 |
| BNP Paribas S.A. | BNP Paribas | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2015 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $8,973,600,000 |
| BP | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 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. $4,900,000,000 |
| BP | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2015 | MS-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,500,000,000 |
| Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | Takeda Pharmaceutical | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,400,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2015 | CA-PUC | $1,600,000,000 |
| Goldman Sachs | Goldman Sachs | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2016 | DOJ | $5,060,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Wells Fargo | financial services | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | DOJ_CIVIL | $1,200,000,000 |
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2016 | DOJ | $2,600,000,000 |
| Volkswagen AG | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $14,700,000,000 |
| Corinthian Colleges, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2016 | CA-AG | $1,170,025,000 | ||
| Volkswagen Group of America | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $10,033,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | $4,300,000,000 |
| Deutsche Bank | Deutsche Bank | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $7,200,000,000 |
| Takata Corporation | Ningbo Joyson Electronic | automotive parts | fraud | 2017 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $1,000,000,000 |
| Credit Suisse | UBS | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $5,280,000,000 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | FHFA | $5,500,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | consumer protection violation | 2017 | FTC | $4,000,000,000 |
| Halliburton Energy Services Inc. | Halliburton | oilfield services and supplies | environmental violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,028,000,000 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,600,000,000 |
| Toyota Motors Sales U.S.A. Inc. | Toyota | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,400,000,000 |
| VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,450,000,000 |
| Barclays Capital, Inc. | Barclays | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2018 | USAO | $2,000,000,000 |
