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Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
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GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | tax violations | 2006 | IRS | $3,400,000,000 |
Toyota Motors Sales U.S.A. Inc. | Toyota | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,400,000,000 |
Binance Holdings Limited, | Binance Holdings | financial services | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2023 | FINCEN | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $3,400,000,000 |
Merrill Lynch & Co. | Bank of America | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,458,333,333 |
JP Morgan Chase & Co. | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,525,000,000 |
Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,535,000,000 |
Wells Fargo Bank | Wells Fargo | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2022 | CFPB | $3,700,000,000 |
American Home Products | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,750,000,000 |
BP Exploration and Production Inc. | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2012 | DOJ | $4,000,000,000 |
Volkswagen Group of America | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | consumer protection violation | 2017 | FTC | $4,000,000,000 |
Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Visa | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,100,000,000 |
Teva Pharmaceuticals | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2022 | MULTI-AG | $4,250,000,000 |
Volkswagen | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | $4,300,000,000 |
Binance Holdings Limited | Binance Holdings | financial services | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2023 | DOJ_NATSEC | $4,316,126,163 |
Banc of America Securities LLC | Bank of America | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $4,550,000,000 |
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. | Merck | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,850,000,000 |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2018 | DOJ_CIVIL | $4,900,000,000 |
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 |
Facebook, Inc. | Meta Platforms Inc. | information technology | privacy violation | 2019 | FTC | $5,000,000,000 |
Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2021 | MULTI-AG | $5,000,000,000 |
CVS | CVS Health | retailing | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2022 | MULTI-AG | $5,000,000,000 |
Goldman Sachs | Goldman Sachs | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2016 | DOJ | $5,060,000,000 |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | Occidental Petroleum | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2015 | EPA | $5,150,000,000 |
Credit Suisse | UBS | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $5,280,000,000 |
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 |
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | FHFA | $5,500,000,000 |
Walgreens | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2022 | MULTI-AG | $5,700,000,000 |
Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC | Allianz | financial services | investor protection violation | 2022 | USAO | $5,763,000,000 |
3M Company | 3M Company | miscellaneous manufacturing | product safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000,000 |
Cardinal Health Inc. | Cardinal Health | wholesalers | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2021 | MULTI-AG | $6,489,000,000 |
AmerisourceBergen Corporation | AmerisourceBergen | wholesalers | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2021 | MULTI-AG | $6,510,000,000 |
Citigroup Inc. | Citigroup | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | DOJ | $7,000,000,000 |
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Citi Smith Barney | Citigroup | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $7,100,000,000 |
Deutsche Bank | Deutsche Bank | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $7,200,000,000 |
BP | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,800,000,000 |
McKesson Corporation | McKesson | wholesalers | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2021 | MULTI-AG | $8,001,000,000 |
Purdue Pharma LP | Purdue Pharma | pharmaceuticals | fraud | 2020 | DOJ_CIVIL | $8,344,000,000 |
Countrywide Home Loans | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $8,680,000,000 |
Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | product safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,900,000,000 |
BNP Paribas S.A. | BNP Paribas | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2015 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $8,973,600,000 |
Bank of America Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | FHFA | $9,300,000,000 |
Bayer | Bayer | chemicals | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,600,000,000 |
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 |
Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | FHFA | $10,350,000,000 |
Bank of America Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ | $10,956,600,000 |
UBS Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services, Inc. | UBS | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $11,150,000,000 |
JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | DOJ | $13,000,000,000 |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,500,000,000 |
Volkswagen AG | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $14,700,000,000 |
Bank of America Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2014 | DOJ | $16,650,000,000 |
BP | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2015 | DOJ | $20,800,000,000 |