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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal

Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more in cases related to illegal conspiracies to fix the price of various goods and services.
Penalty Total since 2000: $43,560,101,570
Number of Penalty Records: 426
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries 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. They 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 individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Samsung$1,399,378,04113
Microsoft$1,270,000,0003
Altria$1,215,600,0003
Exxon Mobil$1,075,000,0001
LG$944,000,0007
Marsh & McLennan$919,000,0002
Dow Inc.$835,000,0001
American International Group$819,000,0001
Yazaki$758,080,0003
BNP Paribas$751,333,3333

Individual Penalty Records:

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CompanyCurrent ParentCurrent Parent IndustryPrimary Offense TypeYearAgency sort iconPenalty Amount
Nishikawa Rubber Co. Ltd.Nishikawa Rubberautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016DOJ_ANTITRUST$130,000,000
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics ASWallenius Wilhelmsen Logisticsfreight and logisticsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016DOJ_ANTITRUST$98,900,000
Chi Mei OptoelectronicsChi Mei Corporationchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009DOJ_ANTITRUST$220,000,000
Epson Imaging Devices CorporationSeiko Groupelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009DOJ_ANTITRUST$26,000,000
Hitachi Displays Ltd.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009DOJ_ANTITRUST$31,000,000
LAN Cargo S.A. And Aerolinhas Brasileiras S.A.LATAM Airlines Groupairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009DOJ_ANTITRUST$109,000,000
Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd.Tatungelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$65,000,000
LG Display Co. Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$400,000,000
Sharp Corp.Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry Company)electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$120,000,000
Air France-KLMAir France-KLMairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$350,000,000
Cathay Pacific Airways LimitedCathay Pacific Airwaysairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$60,000,000
Martinair Holland N.V. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$42,000,000
SAS Cargo GroupScandinavian Airlines System (SAS)airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$52,000,000
Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd.Japan Airlinesairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$110,000,000
Qantas Airways LimitedQantas Airwaysairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007DOJ_ANTITRUST$61,000,000
British Airways PLCInternational Airlines Groupairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007DOJ_ANTITRUST$300,000,000
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.Hanjin Groupdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007DOJ_ANTITRUST$300,000,000
Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V.Carlyle Groupprivate equity (including portfolio companies)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006DOJ_ANTITRUST$32,000,000
Solvay S.A.Solvaychemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006DOJ_ANTITRUST$40,800,000
Elpida Memory Inc.Micron Technologyelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006DOJ_ANTITRUST$84,000,000
Samsung Electronics Company Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005DOJ_ANTITRUST$300,000,000
Irving Materials Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005DOJ_ANTITRUST$29,200,000
Hynix Semiconductor Inc.SK Hynixelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005DOJ_ANTITRUST$185,000,000
DuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C.DuPont de Nemourschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005DOJ_ANTITRUST$84,000,000
Bayer CorporationBayerchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004DOJ_ANTITRUST$33,000,000
Infineon Technologies AGInfineon Technologieselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004DOJ_ANTITRUST$160,000,000
Bayer AGBayerchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004DOJ_ANTITRUST$66,000,000
Crompton CorporationLanxesschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004DOJ_ANTITRUST$50,000,000
Odfjell Seachem ASOdfjellfreight and logisticsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003DOJ_ANTITRUST$42,500,000
Arteva Specialties, S.a.r.l., d/b/a KoSaKoch Industriesdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2002DOJ_ANTITRUST$28,500,000
Mitsubishi CorporationMitsubishi Corporationdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2001DOJ_ANTITRUST$134,000,000
ABB Middle East & Africa Participations AGABB Ltd.utilities and power generationprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2001DOJ_ANTITRUST$53,000,000
Sotheby's Holdings Inc.Sotheby'smiscellaneous servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000DOJ_ANTITRUST$45,000,000
Philipp Holzmann AG price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000DOJ_ANTITRUST$30,000,000
Bumble Bee Foods LLCFCF Co.food productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017DOJ_ANTITRUST$25,000,000
Nichicon CorporationNichicon Corporationelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017DOJ_ANTITRUST$54,600,000
Takata Corp.Ningbo Joyson Electronicautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013DOJ_ANTITRUST$71,300,000
Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd.Daicelchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000DOJ_ANTITRUST$53,000,000
SK Energy Co. Ltd.SK Holdingselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018DOJ_ANTITRUST$90,384,872
GS Caltex CorporationGS Caltexoil and gasprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018DOJ_ANTITRUST$57,500,000
Nippon Chemi-ConNippon Chemi-Con Corp.electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018DOJ_ANTITRUST$60,000,000
Hyundai Oilbank Co. Ltd.Hyundai Heavy Industriesheavy equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019DOJ_ANTITRUST$83,100,000
S-Oil CorporationSaudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)oil and gasprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019DOJ_ANTITRUST$43,580,000
NHK Spring Co. Ltd.NHK Springautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019DOJ_ANTITRUST$28,500,000
StarKist Co.Dongwon Groupfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019DOJ_ANTITRUST$100,000,000
GS Caltex CorporationGS Caltexoil and gasprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019DOJ_ANTITRUST$46,669,672
SK EnergySK Holdingselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019DOJ_ANTITRUST$34,078,785
Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLCFlorida Cancer Specialistshealthcare servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020DOJ_ANTITRUST$100,000,000
Pilgrim's Pride CorporationJBSfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021DOJ_ANTITRUST$107,923,572
Sanderson Farms Inc.Wayne-Sanderson Farmsfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022DOJ_ANTITRUST$38,300,000
Wayne Farms LLCWayne-Sanderson Farmsfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022DOJ_ANTITRUST$31,500,000
BP Products North America Inc.BPoil and gasprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007CFTC$303,000,000
Enron Corp. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004CFTC$35,000,000
Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C.Duke Energyutilities and power generationprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003CFTC$28,000,000
Royal Bank of Scotland plcNatWest Group PLCfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017CFTC$85,000,000
ICAP Capital Markets LLCCME Groupfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018CFTC$50,000,000
MicrosoftMicrosoftinformation technologyprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012CA-MULTI$70,000,000
Hoffman-LaRocheRochepharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000CA-AG$47,498,000
Sutter HealthSutter Healthhealthcare servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019CA-AG$575,000,000
3M Company3M Companymiscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007private lawsuit-federal$39,750,000
3M Company3M Companymiscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$28,800,000
A.E. Staley Manufacturing CompanyPrimientagribusinessprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$100,000,000
ABB Optical Group LLC price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$30,200,000
Air China Limited price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
Air France-KLM GroupAir France-KLMairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$87,000,000
Air New Zealand Limited price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$35,000,000
Ajinomoto Co. Inc.Ajinomotofood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2002private lawsuit-federal$58,000,000
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.All Nippon Airways (ANA)airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$58,000,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
American Gypsum Company LLC et al.Eagle Materialsbuilding materialsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$125,000,000
Apple Inc.Apple Inc.electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$100,000,000
ArcelorMittal S.A.ArcelorMittalmetalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$90,000,000
Archer Daniels Midland CompanyArcher Daniels Midlandagribusinessprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$400,000,000
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.financial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Asahi Kaisei CorporationAsahi Kaseichemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Asiana Airlines Inc.Asiana Airlinesairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$55,200,000
AU Optronics CorporationAU Optronicselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private 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. $161,500,000
AU Optronics CorporationAU Optronicselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private 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. $38,000,000
Autoliv Inc.Autoliv Inc.automotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$40,000,000
AVX CorporationKyoceraelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$65,000,000
Bain CapitalBain Capitalprivate equity (including portfolio companies)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$54,000,000
Bank of AmericaBank of Americafinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$26,420,000
Bank of AmericaCorp.Bank of Americafinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$155,333,333
Barclays Capital Inc.Barclaysfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$87,000,000
BarclaysPLCBarclaysfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$155,333,333
BASF CorporationBASFchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$51,000,000
Baxter International Inc.Baxter Internationalmedical equipment and suppliesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$64,000,000
Bayer AGBayerchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$55,300,000
Bayer AGBayerchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$250,375,190
Bayer AGBayerchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$32,000,000
Becton Dickinson & Company, Inc.Becton Dickinsonmedical equipment and suppliesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
Birdsong Corporation price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
Blackstone Group L.P.Blackstoneprivate equity (including portfolio companies)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$108,333,333
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$2,670,000,000
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$29,990,000
BNP ParibasSABNP Paribasfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$155,333,333
BP America Inc.BPoil and gasprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009private lawsuit-federal$52,000,000
Bridgestone CorporationBridgestoneautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$29,640,000
British Airways PLCInternational Airlines Groupairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$89,512,000
British Airways PLCInternational Airlines Groupairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$139,000,000
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.British American Tobaccotobaccoprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003private lawsuit-federal$69,600,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.