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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 Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| Samsung | $1,399,378,041 | 13 |
| Microsoft | $1,270,000,000 | 3 |
| Altria | $1,215,600,000 | 3 |
| Exxon Mobil | $1,075,000,000 | 1 |
| LG | $944,000,000 | 7 |
| Marsh & McLennan | $919,000,000 | 2 |
| Dow Inc. | $835,000,000 | 1 |
| American International Group | $819,000,000 | 1 |
| Yazaki | $758,080,000 | 3 |
| BNP Paribas | $751,333,333 | 3 |
Individual Penalty Records:
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 |
| DairyAmerica, Inc. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $40,000,000 |
| Depo Auto Parts Ind. Co. Ltd. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $25,000,000 |
| Eastern Mushroom Marketing Cooperative, Inc. et al. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $28,000,000 |
| ELNA Co. Ltd. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $25,000,000 |
| EVA Airways Corporation | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $99,000,000 |
| Foamex Innovations, Inc. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $60,000,000 |
| Future Foam, Inc. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $32,000,000 |
| HolyStone International | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $28,000,000 |
| Irving Materials, Inc. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $29,000,000 |
| KYB Corporation | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $28,880,000 |
| Mowi ASA et al. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $33,000,000 |
| National Collegiate Athletic Association et al. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $208,664,445 |
| National Milk Producers Federation | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $220,000,000 |
| National Milk Producers Federation | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $52,000,000 |
| Natixis Funding Corp. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $28,452,500 |
| Nippon Cargo Airlines Co. Ltd. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,550,000 |
| Reynolds and Reynolds Co. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $29,500,000 |
| Rhone-Poulenc SA | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,666,666 |
| Rubycon Corporation | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $30,000,000 |
| SalMar ASA et al. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $85,000,000 |
| SESAC LLC | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $58,500,000 |
| Silver Lake Partners LP | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $29,500,000 |
| Toys R Us | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,500,000 |
| TYC Brother Industrial Co. Ltd. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $25,000,000 |
| Woodbridge Foam Corporation | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| Varsity Brands LLC | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $43,500,000 |
