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 |
| Bank of America Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2014 | DOJ | $16,650,000,000 |
| Volkswagen AG | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $14,700,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,500,000,000 |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | DOJ | $13,000,000,000 |
| UBS Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services, Inc. | UBS | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $11,150,000,000 |
| Bank of America Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ | $10,956,600,000 |
| Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | FHFA | $10,350,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Bayer | Bayer | chemicals | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,600,000,000 |
| Bank of America Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | FHFA | $9,300,000,000 |
| BNP Paribas S.A. | BNP Paribas | financial services | economic sanction violation | 2015 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $8,973,600,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | product safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,900,000,000 |
| Countrywide Home Loans | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $8,680,000,000 |
| Purdue Pharma LP | Purdue Pharma | pharmaceuticals | fraud | 2020 | DOJ_CIVIL | $8,344,000,000 |
| McKesson Corporation | McKesson | wholesalers | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2021 | MULTI-AG | $8,001,000,000 |
| BP | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,800,000,000 |
| Deutsche Bank | Deutsche Bank | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $7,200,000,000 |
| Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Citi Smith Barney | Citigroup | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $7,100,000,000 |
| Citigroup Inc. | Citigroup | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | DOJ | $7,000,000,000 |
| AmerisourceBergen Corporation | AmerisourceBergen | wholesalers | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2021 | MULTI-AG | $6,510,000,000 |
| Cardinal Health Inc. | Cardinal Health | wholesalers | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2021 | MULTI-AG | $6,489,000,000 |
| 3M Company | 3M Company | miscellaneous manufacturing | product safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000,000 |
| Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC | Allianz | financial services | investor protection violation | 2022 | USAO | $5,763,000,000 |
| Walgreens | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2022 | MULTI-AG | $5,700,000,000 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | FHFA | $5,500,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | Wells Fargo | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ | $5,342,200,000 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ | $5,333,600,000 |
| Credit Suisse | UBS | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $5,280,000,000 |
| Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | Occidental Petroleum | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2015 | EPA | $5,150,000,000 |
| Goldman Sachs | Goldman Sachs | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2016 | DOJ | $5,060,000,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Merck & Co. | Merck | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,850,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Banc of America Securities LLC | Bank of America | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $4,550,000,000 |
| Binance Holdings Limited | Binance Holdings | financial services | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2023 | DOJ_NATSEC | $4,316,126,163 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | $4,300,000,000 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2022 | MULTI-AG | $4,250,000,000 |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Visa | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,100,000,000 |
| 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 |
| American Home Products | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,750,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank | Wells Fargo | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2022 | CFPB | $3,700,000,000 |
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,535,000,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Goldman Sachs | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,355,833,333 |
| Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG | Deutsche Bank | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $3,348,333,333 |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. | Goldman Sachs | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | FHFA | $3,150,000,000 |
| Walmart Stores | Walmart | retailing | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2022 | MULTI-AG | $3,100,000,000 |
| Countrywide Financial Corporation | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2010 | MULTI-AG | $3,004,100,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline LLC | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2012 | FDA | $3,000,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | Wells Fargo | financial services | fraud | 2020 | DOJ_CIVIL | $3,000,000,000 |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Goldman Sachs | financial services | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2020 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $2,921,088,000 |
| Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | banking violation | 2013 | OCC | $2,886,578,478 |
| Lexington Law and CreditRepair.com | consumer protection violation | 2023 | CFPB | $2,700,000,000 | ||
| Binance Holdings Limited et al. | Binance Holdings | financial services | investor protection violation | 2023 | CFTC | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $2,700,000,000 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Association | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,670,000,000 | ||
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2016 | DOJ | $2,600,000,000 |
| Boeing Company | Boeing | aerospace and military contracting | fraud | 2021 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $2,513,600,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | product safety violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000,000 |
| DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,475,000,000 |
| Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | investor protection violation | 2012 | MULTI-AG | $2,430,000,000 |
| Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | Takeda Pharmaceutical | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,400,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Allergan | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2022 | MULTI-AG | $2,370,000,000 |
| Pfizer Inc. | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2009 | FDA | $2,300,000,000 |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | Merck | pharmaceuticals | tax violations | 2007 | IRS | $2,300,000,000 |
| 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 |
| Citigroup Inc. | Citigroup | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2012 | DOJ | $2,202,000,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2013 | FDA | $2,200,000,000 |
| South Carolina Electric & Gas | Dominion Energy | utilities and power generation | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-state | $2,200,000,000 |
| Ocwen Financial Corporation and Ocwen Loan Servicing | Ocwen Financial | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2013 | CFPB | $2,125,000,000 |
| Mastercard International Inc. | MasterCard | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,100,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | Wells Fargo | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2018 | DOJ_CIVIL | $2,090,000,000 |
| Visa USA | Visa | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,025,000,000 |
| Barclays Capital, Inc. | Barclays | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2018 | USAO | $2,000,000,000 |
| Danske Bank A/S | Danske Bank | financial services | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2022 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $2,000,000,000 |
| Cummins Inc. | Cummins | miscellaneous manufacturing | environmental violation | 2024 | EPA | $2,000,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | banking violation | 2013 | OCC | $1,991,141,181 |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | banking violation | 2013 | OCC | $1,958,450,341 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2020 | CA-PUC | $1,937,000,000 |
| Deutsche Bank AG | Deutsche Bank | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | FHFA | $1,925,000,000 |
| Navient | Navient | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2022 | MULTI-AG | $1,850,000,000 |
| Perfectus Aluminium Inc. et al. | customs duty evasion | 2022 | USAO | $1,830,000,000 | ||
| SAC Capital | insider trading | 2013 | USAO | $1,800,000,000 | ||
| Credit Suisse AG | UBS | financial services | tax violations | 2014 | DOJ_TAX | $1,800,000,000 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | anti-money-laundering deficiencies | 2014 | USAO | $1,700,000,000 |
| Mirror Trading International Proprietary Limited | investor protection violation | 2023 | CFTC | $1,700,000,000 | ||
| 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 |
