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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 Industry sort iconPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount
SK EnergySK Holdingselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019DOJ_ANTITRUST$34,078,785
Apple Inc.Apple Inc.electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$100,000,000
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
AVX CorporationKyoceraelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$65,000,000
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.Furukawa Electricelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$42,560,000
HannStar Display CorporationHannStar Displayelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$25,650,000
Hynix Semiconductor Inc.SK Hynixelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$49,971,842
Hynix Semiconductor Inc.SK Hynixelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$73,000,000
Infineon Technologies AGInfineon Technologieselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$29,113,776
KEMET CorporationYageoelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$62,000,000
Micron Technology Inc.Micron Technologyelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$66,774,984
Micron Technology Inc.Micron Technologyelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007private lawsuit-federal$90,537,000
Mitsubishi ElectricMitsubishi Electricelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$64,229,268
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMitsubishi Electricelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$75,000,000
Nichicon CorporationNichicon Corporationelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$90,000,000
Nippon Chemi-Con Corp.Nippon Chemi-Con Corp.electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$160,000,000
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
Panasonic Corp.Panasonicelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$42,500,000
Sharp Electronics CorporationFoxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry Company)electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$105,000,000
Sharp Electronics CorporationFoxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry Company)electrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$115,500,000
Sony Corp.Sonyelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$28,500,000
Toshiba CorporationToshibaelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Toshiba CorporationToshibaelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$28,394,094
Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013DOJ_ANTITRUST$195,000,000
Samsung SDI Company Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011DOJ_ANTITRUST$32,000,000
Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016DOJ_ANTITRUST$55,480,000
Hitachi Displays Ltd.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009DOJ_ANTITRUST$31,000,000
LG Display Co. Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008DOJ_ANTITRUST$400,000,000
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
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
Hitachi, Ltd.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG$38,977,224
LG Display Co., Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012MULTI-AG$380,000,000
SamsungSamsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018WA-AG$29,000,000
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG$240,000,000
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007MULTI-AG$90,000,000
Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corp.Access Industriesdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003MULTI-AG$29,400,000
Cheil Jedang CorporationCJ Groupdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$42,000,000
Hitachi Automotive Systems LimitedHitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$46,740,000
Hitachi Displays, LtdHitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Hitachi Displays, LtdHitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$38,977,224
Hitachi Ltd.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$26,501,154
Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$73,000,000
Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$26,000,000
Invista S.ar.l.Koch Industriesdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.Hanjin Groupdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$65,000,000
Korean Airlines Co. Ltd.Hanjin Groupdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$115,000,000
Leggett & Platt Inc.Leggett & Plattdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$39,800,000
Leggett & Platt Inc.Leggett & Plattdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$26,500,000
LG Chem Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$39,000,000
LG Display Co. Ltd.LGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$75,000,000
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 practices2014private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
LG ElectronicsLGdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Mitsubishi Corp.Mitsubishi Corporationdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
Mitsui & Co.Mitsuidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005private lawsuit-federal$53,000,000
Mitsui & Co.Mitsuidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2002private lawsuit-federal$35,666,666
Philips Electronics North AmericaRoyal Philipsdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$165,632,211
Samsung Electronics Co., LtdSamsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$82,672,242
Samsung Electronics Co., LtdSamsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$240,000,000
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$33,250,000
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$212,955,799
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$39,500,000
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
Samsung Semiconductor Inc.Samsungdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$67,000,000
Shaw Industries Inc.Berkshire Hathawaydiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2001private lawsuit-federal$27,500,000
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.Sumitomo Groupdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$25,421,000
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.Sumitomo Groupdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$38,000,000
Virgin Atlantic Airways LtdVirgin Groupdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$68,000,000
Kolon Industries Inc.Kolon Industrieschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015DOJ_CRIMINAL$360,000,000
Chi Mei OptoelectronicsChi Mei Corporationchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009DOJ_ANTITRUST$220,000,000
Solvay S.A.Solvaychemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006DOJ_ANTITRUST$40,800,000
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
Bayer AGBayerchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004DOJ_ANTITRUST$66,000,000
Crompton CorporationLanxesschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004DOJ_ANTITRUST$50,000,000
Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd.Daicelchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000DOJ_ANTITRUST$53,000,000
BASF CorporationBASFchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000MULTI-AG$62,258,250
Chimei Innolux Corp.Chi Mei Corporationchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG$110,273,318
Asahi Kaisei CorporationAsahi Kaseichemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
BASF CorporationBASFchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$51,000,000
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
Celanese CorporationCelanesechemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$107,000,000
ChemtradeChemtrade Logisticschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$51,000,000
Chemtura CorporationLanxesschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007private lawsuit-federal$51,000,000
Chi Mei CorporationChi Mei Corporationchemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$78,000,000
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
Degussa AGEvonik Industrieschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2002private lawsuit-federal$35,666,666
Dow ChemicalDow Inc.chemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$835,000,000
DSM Elastomers Europe B.V.Lanxesschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
DuPont Dow Elastomers LLCDuPont de Nemourschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005private lawsuit-federal$25,400,000
FMC CorporationFMC Corp.chemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$25,700,000
Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.Showa Denkochemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$63,000,000
Huntsman International LLCHuntsman Corp.chemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.