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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 Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| Samsung | $1,399,378,041 | 13 |
| Microsoft | $1,270,000,000 | 3 |
| Altria | $1,215,600,000 | 3 |
| Exxon Mobil | $1,075,000,000 | 1 |
| LG | $944,000,000 | 7 |
| Marsh & McLennan | $919,000,000 | 2 |
| Dow Inc. | $835,000,000 | 1 |
| American International Group | $819,000,000 | 1 |
| Yazaki | $758,080,000 | 3 |
| BNP Paribas | $751,333,333 | 3 |
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.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year  | Agency | Penalty Amount |
| Lorillard Tobacco Co. | British American Tobacco | tobacco | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $69,600,000 |
| Mitsubishi Corp. | Mitsubishi Corporation | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Philip Morris USA Inc. | Altria | tobacco | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $69,600,000 |
| Arteva Specialties, S.a.r.l., d/b/a KoSa | Koch Industries | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $28,500,000 |
| Bilhar International Establishment | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | USAO | $54,000,000 |
| Ajinomoto Co. Inc. | Ajinomoto | food products | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $58,000,000 |
| Degussa AG | Evonik Industries | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,666,666 |
| E. Merck KG | Merck KGaA (EMD) | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| Mitsui & Co. | Mitsui | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,666,666 |
| Rhone-Poulenc SA | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,666,666 |
| U.S. Tobacco Co. | Altria | tobacco | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,050,000,000 |
| Mitsubishi Corporation | Mitsubishi Corporation | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $134,000,000 |
| ABB Middle East & Africa Participations AG | ABB Ltd. | utilities and power generation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $53,000,000 |
| Christie's Inc. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $256,000,000 |
| Shaw Industries Inc. | Berkshire Hathaway | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $27,500,000 |
| Sotheby's Inc. | Sotheby's | miscellaneous services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $256,000,000 |
| Nine West Group Inc. | Premier Brands Group Holdings | apparel | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | FTC | $34,000,000 |
| Sotheby's Holdings Inc. | Sotheby's | miscellaneous services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $45,000,000 |
| Philipp Holzmann AG | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $30,000,000 |
| Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd. | Daicel | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $53,000,000 |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | MULTI-AG | $62,258,250 |
| Hoffman-LaRoche | Roche | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | MULTI-AG | $142,494,000 |
| Hoffman-LaRoche | Roche | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | CA-AG | $47,498,000 |
| Nine West Group Inc. | Premier Brands Group Holdings | apparel | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $34,000,000 |
| Hoechst AG | Sanofi | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $37,000,000 |
| Hoffmann-La Roche | Roche | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $130,000,000 |
