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Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
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BP | BP | oil and gas | oil spill | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,800,000,000 |
3M Company | 3M Company | miscellaneous manufacturing | PFAS violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,500,000,000 |
Cephalon, Inc. | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | FTC | $1,200,000,000 |
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 |
El Paso Corporation | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $1,450,000,000 |
Enron | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $1,520,000,000 | ||
Glencore International A.G. | Glencore | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | CFTC | $1,186,000,000 |
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,670,000,000 | ||
Exxon Corporation | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,075,000,000 |
Mastercard International Inc. | MasterCard | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,100,000,000 |
Mastercard International Inc. | MasterCard | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,025,000,000 |
Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft | information technology | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $1,100,000,000 |
U.S. Tobacco Co. | Altria | tobacco | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,050,000,000 |
Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Visa | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,100,000,000 |
Visa USA | Visa | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,025,000,000 |
Facebook, Inc. | Meta Platforms Inc. | information technology | privacy violation | 2019 | FTC | $5,000,000,000 |
Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | product safety violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000,000 |
Hyundai Motor America | Hyundai Motor | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,300,000,000 |
Bayer | Bayer | chemicals | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,600,000,000 |
Syngenta AG | ChemChina | chemicals | product safety violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,510,000,000 |
Toyota Motors Sales U.S.A. Inc. | Toyota | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,400,000,000 |
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 |
Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | product safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,900,000,000 |
3M Company | 3M Company | miscellaneous manufacturing | product safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000,000 |
Credit Suisse AG | UBS | financial services | tax violations | 2014 | DOJ_TAX | $1,800,000,000 |
GlaxoSmithKline Holdings (Americas) | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | tax violations | 2006 | IRS | $3,400,000,000 |
Merck & Co., Inc. | Merck | pharmaceuticals | tax violations | 2007 | IRS | $2,300,000,000 |
Goldman Sachs | Goldman Sachs | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2016 | DOJ | $5,060,000,000 |
Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2016 | DOJ | $2,600,000,000 |
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC | S&P Global | information technology | toxic securities abuses | 2015 | DOJ | $1,375,000,000 |
Citigroup Inc. | Citigroup | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2014 | DOJ | $7,000,000,000 |
JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | DOJ | $13,000,000,000 |
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 |
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 | 2011 | FHFA | $1,300,000,000 |
Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2011 | FHFA | $1,520,000,000 |
Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | FHFA | $10,350,000,000 |
Deutsche Bank | Deutsche Bank | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $7,200,000,000 |
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 |
Barclays Capital, Inc. | Barclays | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2018 | USAO | $2,000,000,000 |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2018 | DOJ_CIVIL | $4,900,000,000 |
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | Wells Fargo | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2018 | DOJ_CIVIL | $2,090,000,000 |
General Electric | General Electric | diversified | toxic securities abuses | 2019 | DOJ_CIVIL | $1,500,000,000 |
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 |
UBS AG | UBS | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2023 | DOJ_CIVIL | $1,435,000,000 |
Pacific Gas & Electric | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2019 | CA-MULTI | $1,000,000,000 |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2020 | CA-PUC | $1,937,000,000 |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2015 | CA-PUC | $1,600,000,000 |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,500,000,000 |
BP EXPLORATION/MOEX/TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER/TRITON/GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL/DEEPWATER HORIZON (NC) | BP | oil and gas | water pollution 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 | water pollution 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 |