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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: Sears
Ownership Structure: privately held
Headquartered in: Illinois
Major Industry: retailing
Specific Industry: retail-department stores
Penalty total since 2000$763,798,395
Number of records: 216
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
safety-related offenses$503,419,027105
employment-related offenses$123,729,04352
competition-related offenses$62,600,0001
government-contracting-related offenses$37,707,4925
consumer-protection-related offenses$24,741,65023
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
product safety violation$500,550,0003
fraud$62,600,0001
wage and hour violation$57,013,95118
benefit plan administrator violation$45,501,1003
False Claims Act and related$37,707,4925
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

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CompanyPrimary Offense TypeYearAgency sort iconPenalty Amount
Sears Roebuckfraud2001USAO$62,600,000
Kmart CorporationFalse Claims Act and related2018USAO$525,000
Sears Roebuck And Coinsurance violation2017WA-INS$100,000
Sears Holdings Corporationinsurance violation2017WA-INS$95,000
Sears Holding CorporationFamily and Medical Leave Act2011WHD$7,000
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$23,760
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$5,280
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$5,280
Sears Holdings Corporation.wage and hour violation2006WHD$10,560
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$5,280
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$7,920
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$5,280
Sears Holding Companywage and hour violation2005WHD$9,900
Kmart Corp.Family and Medical Leave Act2005WHD$6,778
Sears, Roebuck and Co.insurance violation2005WI-INS$15,000
K-Martconsumer protection violation2017WV-AG$100,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.