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Agency Name: Federal Trade Commission
Penalty Total since 2000: $15,694,668,172
Number of Records: 568
Note: The parent penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the list of individual entries below 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. Duplicate penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Meta Platforms Inc.$5,000,000,0001
Volkswagen$4,000,000,0001
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries$1,200,000,0001
Epic Games Inc.$520,000,0001
DISH Network$280,000,0001
Citigroup$215,000,0001
Alphabet Inc.$211,500,0003
Herbalife$200,000,0001
Apollo Education Group$191,000,0001
AT&T$148,010,0005

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CompanyCurrent ParentCurrent Parent IndustryPrimary Offense TypeYearPenalty Amount sort icon
Circa Direct LLC consumer protection violation2012$2,000,000
Bronson Partners, LLC consumer protection violation2010$2,000,000
NBTY, Inc.Nestlefood productsconsumer protection violation2005$2,000,000
KB HomeKB Homeconstruction and engineeringconsumer protection violation2005$2,000,000
Body Wise International, Inc. consumer protection violation2005$2,000,000
NutriMost, LLC and NutriMost Doctors, LLC consumer protection violation2017$2,000,000
Marketing Architects, Inc. consumer protection violation2018$2,000,000
Agora Financial, LLC consumer protection violation2021$2,000,000
OpenX Technologies, Inc. privacy violation2021$2,000,000
Kubota North America CorporationKubotaheavy equipmentconsumer protection violation2024$2,000,000
Hey Dude, Inc. consumer protection violation2023$1,950,000
Time Warner Cable Inc.Charter Communicationstelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2013$1,900,000
BSG Clearing Solutions North America LLC, ACI Billing Services Inc. d/b/a OAN, and Billing Concepts Inc. consumer protection violation2008$1,900,000
Globex Telecom, Inc. consumer protection violation2020$1,900,000
Teletrack, Inc. consumer protection violation2011$1,800,000
Priority Payout Corp. consumer protection violation2019$1,800,000
InterBill Ltd. consumer protection violation2009$1,779,000
Allied Interstate, Inc.Allied Interstate Inc.miscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2010$1,750,000
Universal Processing Services consumer protection violation2015$1,734,972
WealthPress consumer protection violation2023$1,700,000
AshleyMadison.com consumer protection violation2016$1,657,000
Sunny Health Nutrition Technology & Products, Inc. consumer protection violation2007$1,600,000
First American Payment Processing, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$1,580,739
Regional Adjustment Bureau consumer protection violation2014$1,500,000
Central Coast Nutraceuticals Inc. consumer protection violation2012$1,500,000
Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. consumer protection violation2010$1,500,000
DirectRevenue LLC consumer protection violation2007$1,500,000
NCO Group, Inc.Aloricabusiness servicesconsumer protection violation2004$1,500,000
Effen Ads, LLC consumer protection violation2019$1,500,000
Bronx Honda discriminatory practices (non-employment)2020$1,500,000
Complete Merchant Solutions, LLC consumer protection violation2020$1,500,000
WW International, Inc.WW Internationalmiscellaneous servicesprivacy violation2022(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,500,000
GoodRx Holdings Inc. privacy violation2023$1,500,000
The College Advantage Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2005$1,433,000
KeyView Labs, Inc. and Brain Research Labs, LLC consumer protection violation2015$1,400,000
Polling Associates Inc. and Boomerang International, LLC consumer protection violation2014$1,400,000
TicketNetwork, Inc. consumer protection violation2014$1,400,000
Norm Reeves Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2017$1,400,000
Biglari Holdings Inc.Biglari Holdingsdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021$1,400,000
LTD Financial Services, L.P. consumer protection violation2007$1,375,000
Finmaestros LLC consumer protection violation2014$1,359,368
Tommie Copper, Inc. consumer protection violation2015$1,350,000
NetDotSolutions Inc. and TeraMESH Networks Inc. consumer protection violation2019$1,350,000
Wacoal America, Inc. consumer protection violation2014$1,300,000
Toys R Us Inc. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011$1,300,000
Clifton Telecard Alliance One, LLC consumer protection violation2009$1,300,000
LCA-Vision dba LasikPlus consumer protection violation2023$1,250,000
Gardner Cline LLC consumer protection violation2014$1,200,000
Jesta Digital, LLC consumer protection violation2013$1,200,000
Direct Lending Source Inc. consumer protection violation2012$1,200,000
WebSource Media, L.L.C. et al. consumer protection violation2007$1,200,000
Chemence, Inc. consumer protection violation2020$1,200,000
Saint James School of Medicine consumer protection violation2022$1,200,000
ICR Services, Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2003$1,150,000
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile UStelecommunicationsconsumer protection violation2004$1,125,000
Independant Resources Network Corp. dba IRN Payment Systems consumer protection violation2014$1,100,000
Credit Bureau Collection Services consumer protection violation2010$1,100,000
ValueAct Capital Partners investor protection violation2007$1,100,000
9210-7838 Quebec Inc. and 9262-2182 Quebec Inc. consumer protection violation2014$1,091,450
Mantra Films, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$1,089,627
NutraClick LLC consumer protection violation2020$1,040,000
HCG Platinum, LLC and Right Way Nutrition, LLC consumer protection violation2014$1,000,000
Sony BMG Music EntertainmentSonyelectrical and electronic equipmentprivacy violation2008$1,000,000
Capital Acquisitions and Management Corp. consumer protection violation2006$1,000,000
Xanga.com, Inc. consumer protection violation2006$1,000,000
Vital Basics, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$1,000,000
Advanced Patch Technologies, Inc. consumer protection violation2004$1,000,000
Experian Information Solutions, Inc.Experianmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2000$1,000,000
Trans Union LLCTransUnionmiscellaneous servicesconsumer protection violation2000$1,000,000
Bayer CorporationBayerchemicalsconsumer protection violation2000$1,000,000
Global Access Technical Support, LLC et al. consumer protection violation2017$1,000,000
Equitable Acceptance Corporation consumer protection violation2019$1,000,000
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.Williams-Sonomaretailingconsumer protection violation2020$1,000,000
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.Williams-Sonomaretailingconsumer protection violation2020$1,000,000
Teami LLC consumer protection violation2020$1,000,000
Automated Electronic Checking Inc. consumer protection violation2013$950,000
InMobi privacy violation2016$950,000
Consumerinfo.com, Inc. consumer protection violation2005$950,000
Position Gurus and Top Shelf Ecommerce consumer protection violation2020$931,000
Beiersdorf, Inc.Beiersdorfhousehold and personal care productsconsumer protection violation2011$900,000
Comcast Corp.Comcasttelecommunicationsprivacy violation2009$900,000
Central Florida Investments Inc., Westgate Resorts Ltd. and CFI Sales & Marketing, LLC consumer protection violation2009$900,000
DOTAuthority.com Inc. et al. consumer protection violation2018$900,000
AFD Advisors LLC, AMG Associates LLC, and Park 295 Corp. consumer protection violation2014$887,841
Staples, Inc.Sycamore Partners Managementprivate equity (including portfolio companies)consumer protection violation2003$850,000
A.S. Research, LLC consumer protection violation2020$821,000
Path, Inc. consumer protection violation2013$800,000
Spokeo Inc. consumer protection violation2012$800,000
Federal Data Service, Inc. consumer protection violation2001$800,000
Security Credit Services, LLC, and Jacob Law Group, PLLC consumer protection violation2013$799,958
Oreck CorporationTechtronic Industriesdiversifiedconsumer protection violation2011$750,000
Capital Payments LLC consumer protection violation2016$750,000
Capital City Mortgage CorporationCapital City Bank Groupfinancial servicesconsumer protection violation2005$750,000
VisionTel Communications, LLC et al. consumer protection violation2004$750,000
Alcoholism Cure Corporation consumer protection violation2012$732,480
MacAndrews & ForbesMacAndrews & Forbesdiversifiedinvestor protection violation2013$720,000
Scholastic Inc.Scholastic Corp.mediaconsumer protection violation2005$710,000
Advanced Consumer Services consumer protection violation2002$700,000
GC Services consumer protection violation2017$700,000
CRI Genetics, LLC consumer protection violation2023$700,000
Vision Quest, LLC privacy violation2009$690,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.