Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced Search

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:

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.

Download results as CSV or XML or Save your search (Click here for information on download subscriptions)
CompanyCurrent ParentCurrent Parent IndustryPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
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
Samsung Electronics Company Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005DOJ_ANTITRUST$300,000,000
BP Products North America Inc.BPoil and gasprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007CFTC$303,000,000
Hillenbrand Industries Inc.Hillenbrandmiscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$316,000,000
BARCLAYS BANK PLCBarclaysfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015FED$342,000,000
Air France-KLMAir France-KLMairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$350,000,000
BNP Paribas S.A.BNP Paribasfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017NY-DFS$350,000,000
International PaperInternational Paperpaper and packagingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$354,000,000
Kolon Industries Inc.Kolon Industrieschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015DOJ_CRIMINAL$360,000,000
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 Display Co., Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012MULTI-AG$380,000,000
LG Display Co. Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$400,000,000
Archer Daniels Midland CompanyArcher Daniels Midlandagribusinessprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$400,000,000
Bridgestone Corp.Bridgestoneautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014DOJ_ANTITRUST$425,000,000
Apple Inc.Apple Inc.electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014MULTI-AG$450,000,000
Yazaki CorporationYazakiautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012DOJ_ANTITRUST$470,000,000
AU Optronics CorporationAU Optronicselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012DOJ_ANTITRUST$500,000,000
Sutter HealthSutter Healthhealthcare servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019CA-AG$575,000,000
Dow ChemicalDow Inc.chemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$835,000,000
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.Marsh & McLennanfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005MULTI-AG$850,000,000
U.S. Tobacco Co.Altriatobaccoprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2002private lawsuit-federal$1,050,000,000
Exxon CorporationExxon Mobiloil and gasprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$1,075,000,000
Microsoft CorporationMicrosoftinformation technologyprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-state$1,100,000,000
American International GroupAmerican International Groupfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006NY-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,619,000,000
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$2,670,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.