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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 Type sort iconYearAgencyPenalty Amount
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.British American Tobaccotobaccoprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003private lawsuit-federal$69,600,000
Cablevision Systems CorporationAltice USA Inc.telecommunicationsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$179,000,000
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.Cal-Maine Foodsfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Cargolux Airlines International S.A.Cargolux Airlines International S.A.freight and logisticsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$35,100,000
Carlyle GroupCarlyle Groupprivate equity (including portfolio companies)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$115,000,000
Carpenter Co.Carpenter Companymiscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$108,000,000
Carpenter Co.Carpenter Companymiscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$63,500,000
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.Cathay Pacific Airwaysairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$65,000,000
Celanese CorporationCelanesechemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$107,000,000
Cheil Jedang CorporationCJ Groupdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$42,000,000
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
China Airlines, Ltd.China Airlinesairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$90,200,000
Christie's Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2001private lawsuit-federal$256,000,000
CitigroupInc.Citigroupfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$155,333,333
Comcast CorporationComcasttelecommunicationsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
Comdata Corp.FleetCor Technologiesbusiness servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$100,000,000
Corning Inc.Corning Inc.miscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$26,600,000
Credit Suisse GroupAGUBSfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$155,333,333
Cristal USA, Inc.Ineoschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
CSL LimitedCSL Limitedpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$64,000,000
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)food productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private 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
DairyAmerica, Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$40,000,000
De Beers GroupAnglo American PLCmining and mineralsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$295,000,000
Dean Foods CompanyDairy Farmers of America (DFA)food productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Dean Foods CompanyDairy Farmers of America (DFA)food productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$140,000,000
Degussa AGEvonik Industrieschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2002private lawsuit-federal$35,666,666
DENSO CorporationDensoautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$193,800,000
DENSO CorporationDensoautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$61,200,000
Depo Auto Parts Ind. Co. Ltd. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Deutsche BankDeutsche Bankfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$60,000,000
Deutsche Bank AGDeutsche Bankfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$38,000,000
Deutsche BankAGDeutsche Bankfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$155,333,333
Deutsche Post AGDeutsche Postfreight and logisticsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$53,000,000
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
Duke EnergyDuke Energyutilities and power generationprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$80,875,000
DuPont Dow Elastomers LLCDuPont de Nemourschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005private lawsuit-federal$25,400,000
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyCortevaagribusinessprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$72,000,000
E. Merck KGMerck KGaA (EMD)pharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2002private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyCortevaagribusinessprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$36,000,000
Eastern Mushroom Marketing Cooperative, Inc. et al. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Electronic Arts Inc.Electronic Artsentertainmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$27,000,000
ELNA Co. Ltd. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Embraco North America, Inc.Nidec Groupmiscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
EVA Airways Corporation price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$99,000,000
Exxon CorporationExxon Mobiloil and gasprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$1,075,000,000
FMC CorporationFMC Corp.chemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$25,700,000
Foamex Innovations, Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$60,000,000
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.Furukawa Electricelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$42,560,000
Future Foam, Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$32,000,000
Golden Peanut Company LLCArcher Daniels Midlandagribusinessprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
Goldman SachsGoldman Sachsfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$67,000,000
Goldman Sachs GroupInc.Goldman Sachsfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$155,333,333
HannStar Display CorporationHannStar Displayelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$25,650,000
Henry Schein, Inc.Henry Scheinwholesalersprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$38,500,000
Hillenbrand Industries Inc.Hillenbrandmiscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$316,000,000
Hitachi Automotive Systems LimitedHitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$46,740,000
Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.Showa Denkochemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$63,000,000
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
Hoechst AGSanofipharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000private lawsuit-federal$37,000,000
Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.Sanofipharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-state$50,000,000
Hoffmann-La RocheRochepharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2000private lawsuit-federal$130,000,000
HolyStone International price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
HSBC Bank PLCHSBCfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$42,000,000
HSBC HoldingsPLCHSBCfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$155,333,333
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.HSBCfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Humana Inc.Humanahealthcare servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003private lawsuit-federal$100,000,000
Huntsman International LLCHuntsman Corp.chemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
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
International PaperInternational Paperpaper and packagingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$354,000,000
International Paper Co.International Paperpaper and packagingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$31,000,000
Invista S.ar.l.Koch Industriesdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
Irving Materials, Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010private lawsuit-federal$29,000,000
J.P. Morgan Chase& Co.JPMorgan Chasefinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$155,333,333
JBS USA Food CompanyJBSfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$52,500,000
JELD-WEN Inc.JELD-WEN Holdingbuilding materialsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$30,800,000
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc.Johnson & Johnsonpharmaceuticalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$55,000,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.JPMorgan Chasefinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$42,600,000
JTEKT CorporationJTEKTautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2018private lawsuit-federal$47,500,000
KEMET CorporationYageoelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$62,000,000
Keurig Green Mountain Inc.Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.beveragesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$31,000,000
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.KKR & Co.private equity (including portfolio companies)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015private lawsuit-federal$108,333,333
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
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
KYB Corporation price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$28,880,000
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
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
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.