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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 TypeYear sort iconAgencyPenalty Amount
GoogleAlphabet Inc.information technologyprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2024private lawsuit-federal$90,000,000
Mowi ASA et al. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
Nippon Chemi-Con Corp.Nippon Chemi-Con Corp.electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$160,000,000
Smithfield Foods Inc.WH Groupfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$75,000,000
Smithfield Foods Inc.WH Groupfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$75,000,000
Varsity Brands LLC price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$43,500,000
JBS USA Food Co.JBSfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Cox Media GroupApollo Global Managementprivate equity (including portfolio companies)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$37,000,000
Indivior Inc.Indivior PLCpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
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
Apple Inc.Apple Inc.electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$100,000,000
Bank of AmericaBank of Americafinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$26,420,000
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$2,670,000,000
Deutsche BankDeutsche Bankfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$60,000,000
HSBC Bank PLCHSBCfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$42,000,000
JBS USA Food CompanyJBSfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$52,500,000
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc.Johnson & Johnsonpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$55,000,000
SalMar ASA et al. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$85,000,000
Smithfield Foods Inc.WH Groupfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$42,000,000
Smithfield Foods Inc.WH Groupfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$77,364,300
TK Holdings TrustNingbo Joyson Electronicautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$84,000,000
Pilgrim's Pride CorporationJBSfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021DOJ_ANTITRUST$107,923,572
ABB Optical Group LLC price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$30,200,000
Birdsong Corporation price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
Deutsche Bank AGDeutsche Bankfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$38,000,000
Eastern Mushroom Marketing Cooperative, Inc. et al. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Golden Peanut Company LLCArcher Daniels Midlandagribusinessprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.HSBCfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
JELD-WEN Inc.JELD-WEN Holdingbuilding materialsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$30,800,000
Keurig Green Mountain Inc.Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.beveragesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$31,000,000
Masonite CorporationMasonite Internationalbuilding materialsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$30,800,000
Pilgrim's Pride CorporationJBSfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$75,500,000
Tyson Foods Inc.Tyson Foodsfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$99,000,000
Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLCFlorida Cancer Specialistshealthcare servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020DOJ_ANTITRUST$100,000,000
Bank of Nova ScotiaScotiabankfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020DOJ_CRIMINAL$60,400,000
West Virginia Paving Inc. et al. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020WV-AG$30,350,000
AVX CorporationKyoceraelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$65,000,000
Barclays Capital Inc.Barclaysfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$87,000,000
Corning Inc.Corning Inc.miscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$26,600,000
ELNA Co. Ltd. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Hitachi Ltd.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$26,501,154
HolyStone International price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
KEMET CorporationYageoelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$62,000,000
KYB Corporation price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$28,880,000
LG Chem Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$39,000,000
Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc.Johnson & Johnsonpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$35,000,000
National Milk Producers Federation price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$220,000,000
Panasonic Corp.Panasonicelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
Panasonic Corp.Panasonicelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$66,252,885
Philips Electronics North AmericaRoyal Philipsdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$165,632,211
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$212,955,799
Sandoz Inc.Sandoz Grouppharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$85,000,000
TK Holdings TrustNingbo Joyson Electronicautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$53,200,000
Tokai Rika Co. Ltd.Tokai Rika Co.automotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$34,200,000
Toshiba CorporationToshibaelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$28,394,094
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.Toyoda Goseiautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$44,840,000
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
Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc.Bank of Americafinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019DOJ_CRIMINAL$25,000,000
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
Sutter HealthSutter Healthhealthcare servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019CA-AG$575,000,000
Standard Chartered BankStandard Charteredfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019NY-DFS$40,000,000
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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$29,990,000
ChemtradeChemtrade Logisticschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$51,000,000
DairyAmerica, Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$40,000,000
Henry Schein, Inc.Henry Scheinwholesalersprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$38,500,000
Nichicon CorporationNichicon Corporationelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$90,000,000
Patterson Companies, Inc.Pattersonwholesalersprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$28,300,000
Reynolds and Reynolds Co. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$29,500,000
Rubycon Corporation price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$39,500,000
ICAP Capital Markets LLCCME Groupfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018CFTC$50,000,000
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
SamsungSamsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018WA-AG$29,000,000
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.Goldman Sachsfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018NY-DFS$54,750,000
Deutsche Bank AGDeutsche Bankfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018NY-DFS$205,000,000
American Gypsum Company LLC et al.Eagle Materialsbuilding materialsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$125,000,000
Bridgestone CorporationBridgestoneautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$29,640,000
Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.Showa Denkochemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$63,000,000
JTEKT CorporationJTEKTautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$47,500,000
MITSUBA CorporationMitsubaautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$72,200,000
Nishikawa Rubber Co.Nishikawa Rubberautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$37,620,000
Robert Bosch GmbHRobert Boschautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$33,440,000
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Toyo Tire & Rubberautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$36,100,000
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.Toyoda Goseiautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$34,000,000
Royal Bank of Scotland plcNatWest Group PLCfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017CFTC$85,000,000
Deutsche Bank AGDeutsche Bankfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017FED$156,600,000
Bumble Bee Foods LLCFCF Co.food productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017DOJ_ANTITRUST$25,000,000
BNP Paribas S.A.BNP Paribasfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017FED$246,000,000
Nichicon CorporationNichicon Corporationelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017DOJ_ANTITRUST$54,600,000
BNP Paribas S.A.BNP Paribasfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017NY-DFS$350,000,000
Credit Suisse AGUBSfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017NY-DFS$135,000,000
DENSO CorporationDensoautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$193,800,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.