Violation Tracker Agency Summary Page
Agency Name:
Multistate Attorneys General Case
Penalty Total since 2000:
$111,395,268,927
Number of Records:
680
Note:
The penalty total above and the parent totals below include some cases in which both a state and a federal agency were involved and issued separate announcements of the outcome. The individual penalty records below marked by an asterisk are ones for which Violation Tracker contains a separate federal entry.
| Top 10 Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of America | $26,114,848,408 | 10 |
| UBS | $11,393,380,000 | 5 |
| Citigroup | $8,235,591,577 | 7 |
| JPMorgan Chase | $6,208,338,661 | 10 |
| BP | $4,910,000,000 | 2 |
| American Electric Power | $4,687,500,000 | 3 |
| Morgan Stanley | $4,060,100,000 | 4 |
| Goldman Sachs | $3,690,833,333 | 3 |
| Deutsche Bank | $3,648,333,333 | 3 |
| Wells Fargo | $1,872,683,716 | 8 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
Company |
Parent | Parent Major Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DoubleClick Inc. | Alphabet Inc. | information technology | privacy violation | 2002 | $450,000 |
| Dream Center Education Holdings | consumer protection violation | 2020 | $133,278 | ||
| Duke Energy | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | energy market manipulation | 2004 | $207,500,000 |
| Duke Energy | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2009 | (*) $1,000,000 |
| E*Trade | Morgan Stanley | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | $100,000 |
| E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. | DuPont de Nemours | chemicals | environmental violation | 2007 | (*) $4,125,000 |
| EchoStar Communications Corporation | EchoStar | miscellaneous manufacturing | consumer protection violation | 2003 | $5,000,000 |
| Eckerd Corporation | Rite Aid | retailing | False Claims Act and related | 2002 | $3,133,248 |
| Education Management Corp. | Education Management Corporation | miscellaneous services | False Claims Act and related | 2015 | (*) $31,000,000 |
| Educational Research Center of America, Inc. | privacy violation | 2008 | $200,000 | ||
| Eisai | Eisai | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $7,634,700 |
| Eisai Inc. | Eisai | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2010 | (*) $4,658,249 |
| El Paso Corporation | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | energy market manipulation | 2003 | $1,450,000,000 |
| Elan Corp. | Perrigo | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2010 | (*) $43,399,040 |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | Eli Lilly | pharmaceuticals | privacy violation | 2002 | $160,000 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | Eli Lilly | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2009 | (*) $361,828,456 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | Eli Lilly | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2008 | $62,000,000 |
| Elpida Memory Inc. | Micron Technology | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2010 | $4,259,948 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | Merck KGaA (EMD) | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | (*) $44,300,000 |
| Emeritus Corporation, dba Emeritus Senior Living | Brookdale Senior Living | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | (*) $391,600 |
| EMI Music Distribution | Sony | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | $15,000,000 |
| Encore Capital Group Inc. | Encore Capital Group | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2018 | $6,000,000 |
| Encore Paper Co. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $300,000 | ||
| Endo Health Solution | Endo International | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2014 | (*) $173,000,000 |
| Endo Health Solutions | Endo International | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2015 | (*) $39,000,000 |
| Endo International plc | Endo International | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | $2,300,000 |
| Enron | Enron | utilities and power generation | energy market manipulation | 2005 | $1,520,000,000 |
| Epson | Seiko Group | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | $2,850,000 |
| Equifax | Equifax | miscellaneous services | privacy violation | 2019 | $175,000,000 |
| Equifax Information Services LLC | Equifax | miscellaneous services | consumer protection violation | 2015 | $2,000,000 |
| Equilon Enterprises LLC, and Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership | Royal Dutch Shell | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2001 | (*) $7,500,000 |
| Equinox International | consumer protection violation | 2000 | (*) $40,000,000 | ||
| Equistar Chemicals LP | LyondellBasell Industries | chemicals | environmental violation | 2007 | (*) $2,500,000 |
| Essroc Cement Company | HeidelbergCement | building materials | environmental violation | 2011 | (*) $1,700,000 |
| Evonik Degussa GmbH | Evonik Industries | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | $2,275,454 |
| Experian Information Solutions Inc. | Experian | miscellaneous services | consumer protection violation | 2015 | $2,000,000 |
| Express Scripts Inc. | Cigna | healthcare services | consumer protection violation | 2008 | $9,500,000 |
| Extendicare Health Services Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2014 | (*) $5,700,000 | ||
| ExxonMobil | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2005 | (*) $18,400,000 |
| ExxonMobil | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | tobacco litigation | 2002 | $100,000 |
| Fax.com | consumer protection violation | 2006 | $30,000,000 | ||
| Ferring B.V. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | $1,800,000 | ||
| Fiat Chrysler | Stellantis | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2019 | $72,500,000 |
| First Alliance Mortgage Company | mortgage abuses | 2002 | $60,000,000 | ||
| First Group, plc | FirstGroup | miscellaneous services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | $1,100,000 |
| First Regional Bank | tobacco litigation | 2008 | $60,000 | ||
| First USA | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2002 | $1,300,000 |
| Florida Travel Network | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $213,333 | ||
| Florists' Transworld Delivery Inc. and FTD.com Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2015 | $2,822,400 | ||
| FORBA Holdings LLC | False Claims Act and related | 2010 | (*) $9,714,355 | ||
| Ford Motor Company | Ford Motor | motor vehicles | motor vehicle safety violation | 2002 | $51,500,000 |
| Ford Motor Credit Corporation | Ford Motor | motor vehicles | consumer protection violation | 2004 | $6,200,000 |
| Forest Laboratories LLC | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | (*) $2,500,000 |
| Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2010 | (*) $60,000,000 |
| Fort James Corp. | Koch Industries | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $300,000 |
| Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2014 | (*) $7,750,000 | ||
| Freedom Furniture, Inc. et al. | consumer protection violation | 2014 | (*) $2,600,000 | ||
| FreeScore360.com, FreeScoreOnline.com and ScoreSense.com | consumer protection violation | 2014 | (*) $22,000,000 | ||
| Fresenius Medical Care North America | Fresenius | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2000 | (*) $7,600,000 |
| Friedman's Inc. dba Friedman's Jewelers | consumer protection violation | 2006 | $2,150,000 | ||
| Frontier Refining and Frontier El Dorado Refining | HollyFrontier | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2009 | (*) $1,380,000 |
| Gambro Healthcare Inc. | Baxter International | medical equipment and supplies | False Claims Act and related | 2005 | $37,500,000 |
| Gateway Distributors and The Right Solution Gateway | consumer protection violation | 2006 | $100,000 | ||
| GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc. | General Electric | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | (*) $34,250,000 |
| Genentech Inc. | Roche | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | (*) $2,200,000 |
| Genentech Inc. | Roche | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2000 | $19,000,000 |
| General Electric Capital Corporation | General Electric | diversified | consumer protection violation | 2005 | $2,890,000 |
| General Motors Company | General Motors | motor vehicles | motor vehicle safety violation | 2017 | $120,000,000 |
| General Motors Corporation | General Motors | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2011 | $2,845,000 |
| Geneva Pharmaceuticals | Novartis | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | $15,350,000 |
| GenOn Power Generation, LLC | environmental violation | 2013 | $1,000,000 | ||
| Genworth Life Insurance Co. | Genworth Financial | financial services | insurance violation | 2014 | $1,900,000 |
| Genzyme Corp. | Sanofi | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | (*) $22,280,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | $40,000,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2005 | (*) $10,000,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2012 | (*) $477,792,391 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | $70,000,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | $14,000,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | $3,500,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline LLC | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2012 | $90,000,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2011 | $40,750,000 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | kickbacks and bribery | 2014 | $105,000,000 |
| Goldman Sachs | Goldman Sachs | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $110,000,000 |
| Goldman Sachs | Goldman Sachs | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2016 | (*) $225,000,000 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Goldman Sachs | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | $3,355,833,333 |
| Alphabet Inc. | information technology | privacy violation | 2013 | $7,000,000 | |
| Google Inc. | Alphabet Inc. | information technology | privacy violation | 2013 | $17,000,000 |
| Great American Life | American Financial Group | financial services | insurance violation | 2016 | $400,000 |
| Guardian Industries Corporation | Koch Industries | diversified | environmental violation | 2015 | (*) $312,000 |
| Guardian Life | Guardian Life Insurance | financial services | insurance violation | 2015 | $2,000,000 |
| Guidant Corporation | Boston Scientific | medical equipment and supplies | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2007 | $16,750,000 |
| Gunning & Associates Marketing Inc. and Fleet Liquidators of America, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2006 | $300,000 | ||
| H&R Block | H&R Block | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2003 | $3,300,000 |
| Hachette Book Group Inc. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | $34,791,666 | ||
| HannStar Display Corporation | HannStar Display | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | $25,650,000 |
| HarperCollins Publishers LLC | News Corp. | media | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | $22,471,666 |
| Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | Hartford Financial Services | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | $115,000,000 |
| Hartford Fire and Casualty Group | Hartford Financial Services | financial services | insurance violation | 2016 | $2,100,000 |
| HCA Inc. | HCA Healthcare | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | $17,500,000 |
| HCA-The Healthcare Company | HCA Healthcare | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2000 | (*) $13,600,000 |
| HCI Direct, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2008 | $455,000 |
