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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
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.Cal-Maine Foodsfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Comdata Corp.FleetCor Technologiesbusiness servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$100,000,000
CSL LimitedCSL Limitedpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$64,000,000
Embraco North America, Inc.Nidec Groupmiscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Hynix Semiconductor Inc.SK Hynixelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$49,971,842
Infineon Technologies AGInfineon Technologieselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$29,113,776
LG ElectronicsLGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Micron Technology Inc.Micron Technologyelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$66,774,984
Royal Ahold N.V.Ahold Delhaizeretailingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$297,000,000
Samsung Semiconductor Inc.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private 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. $90,000,000
TYC Brother Industrial Co. Ltd. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
United States Steel CorporationUnited States Steelmetalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$58,000,000
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.Toyo Tire & Rubberautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013DOJ_ANTITRUST$120,000,000
Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013DOJ_ANTITRUST$195,000,000
Jtekt CorporationJTEKTautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013DOJ_ANTITRUST$103,270,000
Mitsuba CorporationMitsubaautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013DOJ_ANTITRUST$135,000,000
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMitsubishi Electricelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013DOJ_ANTITRUST$190,000,000
NSK Ltd.NSKindustrial equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013DOJ_ANTITRUST$68,200,000
Panasonic Corp.Panasonicelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013DOJ_ANTITRUST$56,500,000
Takata Corp.Ningbo Joyson Electronicautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013DOJ_ANTITRUST$71,300,000
Hachette Book Group Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013MULTI-AG$34,791,666
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
Becton Dickinson & Company, Inc.Becton Dickinsonmedical equipment and suppliesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
Chi Mei CorporationChi Mei Corporationchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$110,273,318
Cristal USA, Inc.Ineoschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. et al.Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)food productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$158,600,000
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyCortevaagribusinessprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$72,000,000
Electronic Arts Inc.Electronic Artsentertainmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$27,000,000
HannStar Display CorporationHannStar Displayelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$25,650,000
Hitachi Displays, LtdHitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$38,977,224
Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$26,000,000
Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.Hanjin Groupdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$65,000,000
Kronos Worldwide, Inc.Contran Corporationchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$35,000,000
Kuehne + Nagel International AGKuehne & Nagelfreight and logisticsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
LG Display Co. Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-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. $361,000,000
LG ElectronicsLGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Mosaic Co.Mosaic Co.chemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$43,750,000
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.Nutrien Ltd.chemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$43,750,000
Samsung Electronics Co., LtdSamsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$240,000,000
Sharp Electronics CorporationFoxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry Company)electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$115,500,000
Wells FargoWells Fargofinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$35,000,000
AU Optronics CorporationAU Optronicselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012DOJ_ANTITRUST$500,000,000
Yazaki CorporationYazakiautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012DOJ_ANTITRUST$470,000,000
DENSO CorporationDensoautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012DOJ_ANTITRUST$78,000,000
AU Optronics CorporationAU Optronicselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012MULTI-AG$170,000,000
LG Display Co., Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012MULTI-AG$380,000,000
MicrosoftMicrosoftinformation technologyprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012CA-MULTI$70,000,000
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
British Airways PLCInternational Airlines Groupairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$89,512,000
Dean Foods CompanyDairy Farmers of America (DFA)food productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$140,000,000
Depo Auto Parts Ind. Co. Ltd. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.JPMorgan Chasefinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$42,600,000
Lan Airlines S.A.LATAM Airlines Groupairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$66,000,000
Land O'Lakes, Inc.Land O'Lakesfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Masco CorporationMascohousewares and home furnishingsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$75,000,000
Toshiba CorporationToshibaelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc.Toyotamotor vehiclesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$35,000,000
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Walmartretailingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$27,250,000
GE Funding Capital Market Services Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011DOJ_ANTITRUST$70,000,000
Wachovia Bank N.A.Wells Fargofinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011DOJ_ANTITRUST$148,000,000
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.Furukawa Electricelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011DOJ_ANTITRUST$200,000,000
Maxzone Vehicle Lighting Corp. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011DOJ_ANTITRUST$43,000,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.JPMorgan Chasefinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011DOJ_ANTITRUST$228,000,000
UBS AGUBSfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011DOJ_ANTITRUST$160,000,000
Samsung SDI Company Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011DOJ_ANTITRUST$32,000,000
Horizon Lines LLCMatsonfreight and logisticsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011DOJ_ANTITRUST$45,000,000
Chimei Innolux Corp.Chi Mei Corporationchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG$110,273,318
GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $34,250,000
HannStar Display CorporationHannStar Displayelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG$25,650,000
Hitachi, Ltd.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG$38,977,224
JPMorgan ChaseJPMorgan Chasefinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $75,000,000
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG$240,000,000
Sharp CorporationFoxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry Company)electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG$115,500,000
UBS AGUBSfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $90,800,000
Wachovia Bank N.A.Wells Fargofinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $58,750,000
Air France-KLM GroupAir France-KLMairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$87,000,000
BASF CorporationBASFchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$51,000,000
Cargolux Airlines International S.A.Cargolux Airlines International S.A.freight and logisticsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$35,100,000
Chi Mei CorporationChi Mei Corporationchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$78,000,000
Dean Foods CompanyDairy Farmers of America (DFA)food productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Hitachi Displays, LtdHitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Huntsman International LLCHuntsman Corp.chemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
LG Display Co. Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$75,000,000
Qantas Airways LimitedQantas Airwaysairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$26,750,000
Samsung Electronics Co., LtdSamsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$82,672,242
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$33,250,000
Sharp Electronics CorporationFoxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry Company)electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$105,000,000
Sirius XM Radio Inc.Liberty Mediamediaprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$180,000,000
Bank of AmericaBank of Americafinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010DOJ_ANTITRUST$137,300,000
Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd.Singapore Airlinesairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010DOJ_ANTITRUST$48,000,000
All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. (ANA)All Nippon Airways (ANA)airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010DOJ_ANTITRUST$73,000,000
Panasonic Corp.Panasonicelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010DOJ_ANTITRUST$49,100,000
Embraco North AmericaNidec Groupmiscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010DOJ_ANTITRUST$91,800,000
China Airlines Ltd.China Airlinesairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010DOJ_ANTITRUST$40,000,000
Northwest Airlines LLCDelta Air Linesairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010DOJ_ANTITRUST$38,000,000
HannStar Display CorporationHannStar Displayelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010DOJ_ANTITRUST$30,000,000
Banc of America Securities LLCBank of Americafinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010SEC$36,096,442
Bank of AmericaBank of Americafinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $67,000,000
Hynix Semiconductor, Inc.SK Hynixelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010MULTI-AG$49,971,842
Infineon Technologies A.G.Infineon Technologieselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010MULTI-AG$29,113,776
Micron Technology, Inc.Micron Technologyelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010MULTI-AG$66,774,984
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.