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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Express Publishing Corporation | American Express | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $200,000 |
| Aventis Animal Nutrition | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $20,721,300 | ||
| Baker & Taylor, Inc. | Follett | miscellaneous services | False Claims Act and related | 2000 | (*) $15,500,000 |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $62,258,250 |
| Bayer Corporation | Bayer | chemicals | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $60,000 |
| BrandDirect | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $12,900,000 | ||
| CIBA Vision | Novartis | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $5,000,000 |
| Cinergy Corporation | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2000 | (*) $30,000,000 |
| Community Health Systems | Community Health Systems | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2000 | (*) $31,000,000 |
| Crown Plaza Resorts d/b/a Imperial Majesty Cruise Lines | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $213,333 | ||
| Daiichi Pharmaceutical | Daiichi Sankyo | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $4,340,100 |
| Eisai | Eisai | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $7,634,700 |
| Encore Paper Co. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $300,000 | ||
| Equinox International | consumer protection violation | 2000 | (*) $40,000,000 | ||
| Florida Travel Network | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $213,333 | ||
| Fort James Corp. | Koch Industries | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $300,000 |
| Fresenius Medical Care North America | Fresenius | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2000 | (*) $7,600,000 |
| Genentech Inc. | Roche | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2000 | $19,000,000 |
| HCA-The Healthcare Company | HCA Healthcare | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2000 | (*) $13,600,000 |
| Health Direct, Inc., Lipo-Slim, Inc. and Tactica International, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $100,000 | ||
| Hoffman-LaRoche | Roche | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $142,494,000 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. | Kimberly-Clark | household and personal care products | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $300,000 |
| Marcal Paper Mills Co. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $300,000 | ||
| Mylan Laboratories et al. | Viatris | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | (*) $108,000,000 |
| National Travel Services, Inc. and Plaza Resorts, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $213,333 | ||
| Nine West Group Inc. | Premier Brands Group Holdings | apparel | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | (*) $34,000,000 |
| Oxyfresh Worldwide Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $65,000 | ||
| Publishers Clearing House | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $18,000,000 | ||
| Takeda Chemical | Takeda Pharmaceutical | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $17,551,650 |
| Time Inc. | Meredith | media | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $4,900,000 |
| United States Sales Corporation | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $35,300,000 | ||
| US Bank | U.S. Bancorp | financial services | privacy violation | 2000 | $2,000,000 |
| Willamette Industries | Weyerhaeuser | building materials | environmental violation | 2000 | (*) $11,200,000 |
| Bausch & Lomb | Bausch Health | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | $17,500,000 |
| Bayer Corporation | Bayer | chemicals | False Claims Act and related | 2001 | (*) $6,200,000 |
| BP Corporation | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2001 | (*) $10,000,000 |
| Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. | Bridgestone | automotive parts | consumer protection violation | 2001 | $51,500,000 |
| Cape Canaveral Cruise Line Tour and Travel, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2001 | $150,000 | ||
| Conoco Inc. | ConocoPhillips | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2001 | (*) $1,500,000 |
| CVS Corporation | CVS Health | retailing | False Claims Act and related | 2001 | (*) $4,000,000 |
| Equilon Enterprises LLC, and Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership | Royal Dutch Shell | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2001 | (*) $7,500,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | $60,000,000 |
| Level Propane Gases Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2001 | $700,000 | ||
| Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC | Marathon Petroleum | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2001 | (*) $100,000 |
| Motiva Enterprises LLC | Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2001 | (*) $7,500,000 |
| Navajo Refining Company and Montana Refining Company | HollyFrontier | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2001 | (*) $750,000 |
| Nucor Corporation Inc. | Nucor | metals | environmental violation | 2001 | (*) $13,000,000 |
| Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. | Rollins Inc. | miscellaneous services | consumer protection violation | 2001 | $150,000 |
| PCC Direct Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2001 | $100,000 | ||
| Publishers Clearing House | consumer protection violation | 2001 | $34,000,000 | ||
| R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2001 | $175,000 |
| Reader's Digest Association | consumer protection violation | 2001 | $8,000,000 | ||
| TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. | Takeda Pharmaceutical | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2001 | (*) $25,516,440 |
| TechnoBrands, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2001 | $105,000 | ||
| Triad Discount Buying Service, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2001 | (*) $9,000,000 | ||
| Access Resource Services | consumer protection violation | 2002 | $100,000 | ||
| American Savings Discount Club | consumer protection violation | 2002 | (*) $3,000,000 | ||
| AT&T | AT&T | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2002 | $500,000 |
| Bear Stearns & Co. LLC | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $80,000,000 |
| Citibank | Citigroup | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2002 | $1,600,000 |
| Contest America and Opportunities Unlimited | consumer protection violation | 2002 | $387,000 | ||
| Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. | Credit Suisse | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $200,000,000 |
| Deutsche Bank | Deutsche Bank | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | $80,000,000 |
| DoubleClick Inc. | Alphabet Inc. | information technology | privacy violation | 2002 | $450,000 |
| Eckerd Corporation | Rite Aid | retailing | False Claims Act and related | 2002 | $3,133,248 |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | Eli Lilly | pharmaceuticals | privacy violation | 2002 | $160,000 |
| ExxonMobil | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | tobacco litigation | 2002 | $100,000 |
| First Alliance Mortgage Company | mortgage abuses | 2002 | $60,000,000 | ||
| First USA | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2002 | $1,300,000 |
| Ford Motor Company | Ford Motor | motor vehicles | motor vehicle safety violation | 2002 | $51,500,000 |
| Goldman Sachs | Goldman Sachs | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $110,000,000 |
| Household Finance Corp. | HSBC | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2002 | $484,000,000 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $80,000,000 |
| Lehman Brothers Inc. | Lehman Brothers | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $80,000,000 |
| MCI Worldcom | Verizon Communications | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2002 | $500,000 |
| Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. | Bank of America | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $100,000,000 |
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $125,000,000 |
| Pfizer Inc. | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2002 | (*) $21,084,700 |
| Salomon Smith Barney Inc. | Morgan Stanley | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $400,000,000 |
| Salton Inc. | Spectrum Brands Holdings | housewares and home furnishings | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | $8,200,000 |
| Sprint | T-Mobile US | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2002 | $500,000 |
| Tenet Healthcare Corporation | Tenet Healthcare | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2002 | (*) $820,000 |
| UBS Warburg LLC | UBS | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $80,000,000 |
| Walgreens | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | tobacco litigation | 2002 | $320,000 |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | Weyerhaeuser | building materials | consumer protection violation | 2002 | $295,000 |
| Williams Energy Marketing & Trading | Williams Companies | oil and gas | energy market manipulation | 2002 | $417,000,000 |
| Abbott Laboratories | Abbott Laboratories | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | (*) $32,500,000 |
| Andrx Corporation | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | $40,000,000 |
| Archer Daniels Midland Company | Archer Daniels Midland | agribusiness | environmental violation | 2003 | (*) $350,900,000 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | AstraZeneca | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | (*) $24,900,000 |
| Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Sanofi | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | $40,000,000 |
| Bayer AG | Bayer | chemicals | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | (*) $108,000,000 |
| Bertelsmann Music Group Inc. | Sony | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | $27,775,000 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | Bristol-Myers Squibb | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | $55,000,000 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | Bristol-Myers Squibb | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | $100,000,000 |
| Brown & Williamson Tobacco | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2003 | $150,000,000 |
| Chevron U.S.A. Inc. | Chevron | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2003 | (*) $7,500,000 |
| CVS Pharmacies, Inc. | CVS Health | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2003 | $1,100,000 |
| EchoStar Communications Corporation | EchoStar | miscellaneous manufacturing | consumer protection violation | 2003 | $5,000,000 |
| El Paso Corporation | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | energy market manipulation | 2003 | $1,450,000,000 |
| EMI Music Distribution | Sony | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | $15,000,000 |
