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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Industries Corporation | Koch Industries | diversified | environmental violation | 2015 | (*) $312,000 |
| Invista | Koch Industries | diversified | environmental violation | 2009 | (*) $1,700,000 |
| Kroger Company | Kroger | retailing | tobacco litigation | 2007 | $325,000 |
| KV Pharmaceutical Company | KV Pharmaceutical | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2012 | (*) $17,000,000 |
| Lafarge North America Inc. | LafargeHolcim | building materials | environmental violation | 2011 | (*) $740,000 |
| Lafarge North America, Inc. | LafargeHolcim | building materials | environmental violation | 2010 | (*) $1,690,000 |
| Lehman Brothers Inc. | Lehman Brothers | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $80,000,000 |
| Ryland Group Inc. | Lennar | construction and engineering | environmental violation | 2011 | (*) $625,000 |
| Lenovo | Lenovo | electrical and electronic equipment | consumer protection violation | 2017 | $3,500,000 |
| LG Display Co., Ltd. | LG | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | $380,000,000 |
| Lincoln National Life Insurance Company | Lincoln National | financial services | insurance violation | 2013 | $12,600,000 |
| Lonza AG | Lonza | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | $2,275,454 |
| LPL Financial LLC | LPL Financial | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2015 | $2,000,000 |
| LPL Financial LLC | LPL Financial | financial services | investor protection violation | 2019 | $25,848,000 |
| LSB Industries Inc. | LSB Industries | chemicals | environmental violation | 2014 | (*) $362,500 |
| Equistar Chemicals LP | LyondellBasell Industries | chemicals | environmental violation | 2007 | (*) $2,500,000 |
| Richmond American Homes | M.D.C. Holdings | construction and engineering | environmental violation | 2008 | (*) $795,000 |
| Mahard Egg Farm Inc. | Mahard Egg Farm | food products | environmental violation | 2011 | (*) $1,900,000 |
| Mallinckrodt LLC | Mallinckrodt | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | (*) $3,500,000 |
| Mallinckrodt plc | Mallinckrodt | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | (*) $100,000,000 |
| Mallinckrodt | Mallinckrodt | pharmaceuticals | Controlled Substances Act violation | 2020 | $1,600,000,000 |
| John Hancock Life Insurance Co. | Manulife Financial | financial services | insurance violation | 2011 | $3,000,000 |
| Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC | Marathon Petroleum | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2001 | (*) $100,000 |
| Tesoro Corp. | Marathon Petroleum | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2016 | (*) $2,400,000 |
| Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | Marsh & McLennan | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | $850,000,000 |
| Marsh and McLennan | Marsh & McLennan | financial services | investor protection violation | 2009 | $400,000,000 |
| Marsh and McLennan | Marsh & McLennan | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | $7,000,000 |
| Mattel, Inc. | Mattel | miscellaneous manufacturing | environmental violation | 2008 | $12,000,000 |
| Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. | Maxim Healthcare Services | miscellaneous services | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | (*) $121,514,199 |
| McKesson Corporation | McKesson | wholesalers | False Claims Act and related | 2012 | $151,000,000 |
| McKinsey & Company | McKinsey | business services | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2021 | $573,000,000 |
| McWane Inc. | McWane | miscellaneous manufacturing | environmental violation | 2010 | (*) $424,803 |
| Medtronic | Medtronic | medical equipment and supplies | kickbacks and bribery | 2014 | (*) $362,362 |
| Medtronic | Medtronic | medical equipment and supplies | kickbacks and bribery | 2014 | $327,000 |
| Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. | Medtronic | medical equipment and supplies | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2017 | $12,000,000 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | Medtronic | medical equipment and supplies | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2006 | (*) $5,800,000 |
| Standard Insurance Company | Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance | financial services | insurance violation | 2016 | $277,000 |
| Inspire Pharmaceuticals | Merck | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2015 | (*) $6,000,000 |
| Merck | Merck | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2008 | (*) $290,000,000 |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | Merck | pharmaceuticals | consumer protection violation | 2009 | $5,400,000 |
| Merck & Co. | Merck | pharmaceuticals | consumer protection violation | 2008 | $58,000,000 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | Merck | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2012 | (*) $201,975,000 |
| Organon | Merck | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2014 | $31,000,000 |
| Organon USA Inc | Merck | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | $36,000,000 |
| Schering-Plough Corporation | Merck | pharmaceuticals | kickbacks and bribery | 2004 | (*) $292,969,482 |
| Schering-Plough Corporation | Merck | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2006 | (*) $91,602,000 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | Merck KGaA (EMD) | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | (*) $44,300,000 |
| Merck KGaA | Merck KGaA (EMD) | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | $2,275,454 |
| Serono Inc. | Merck KGaA (EMD) | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2005 | (*) $262,000,000 |
| Time Inc. | Meredith | media | consumer protection violation | 2006 | $8,800,000 |
| Time Inc. | Meredith | media | consumer protection violation | 2000 | $4,900,000 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc. | Merit Medical Systems | medical equipment and supplies | False Claims Act and related | 2020 | (*) $18,000,000 |
| MetLife | MetLife | financial services | insurance violation | 2012 | $40,000,000 |
| Michelin North America, Inc | Michelin | automotive parts | consumer protection violation | 2009 | $375,000 |
| Elpida Memory Inc. | Micron Technology | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2010 | $4,259,948 |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | Micron Technology | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2010 | $66,774,984 |
| Millennium Health | Millennium Health | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2015 | (*) $38,600,000 |
| Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation | Mitsubishi Group | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | $2,275,454 |
| MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC | Mitsui | diversified | environmental violation | 2012 | (*) $25,000,000 |
| MillerCoors | Molson Coors Brewing | beverages | consumer protection violation | 2008 | $550,000 |
| MoneyGram Payment Systems | MoneyGram International | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2016 | $13,000,000 |
| MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. | MoneyGram International | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2008 | $1,100,000 |
| Moody's Corporation | Moody's | information technology | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | (*) $426,500,000 |
| E*Trade | Morgan Stanley | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | $100,000 |
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | investor protection violation | 2008 | $3,535,000,000 |
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $125,000,000 |
| Salomon Smith Barney Inc. | Morgan Stanley | financial services | investor protection violation | 2002 | (*) $400,000,000 |
| Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC | Mosaic | chemicals | environmental violation | 2015 | (*) $3,000,000 |
| Nationstar Mortgage dba Mr. Cooper | Mr. Cooper Group | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2020 | (*) $86,300,000 |
| Murphy Oil USA Inc. | Murphy USA | retailing | environmental violation | 2010 | (*) $624,999 |
| MV Transportation | MV Transportation | miscellaneous services | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | $150,402 |
| Natera, Inc. | Natera Inc. | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2018 | (*) $756,183 |
| Mariner Health Care, Inc. and Sava Senior Care Administrative Services, LLC | National Senior Care Inc. | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | (*) $6,160,000 |
| Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company | Nationwide | financial services | insurance violation | 2012 | $7,200,000 |
| Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company | Nationwide | financial services | privacy violation | 2017 | $5,500,000 |
| Natixis Funding Corp. | Natixis | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | $29,950,000 |
| NEC Electronics America, Inc. | NEC Corp. | information technology | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2010 | $20,277,350 |
| Nestle | Nestle | food products | consumer protection violation | 2009 | $325,000 |
| New York Life Insurance Company | New York Life Insurance | financial services | insurance violation | 2013 | $15,000,000 |
| HarperCollins Publishers LLC | News Corp. | media | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | $22,471,666 |
| New Hampshire Transmission | NextEra Energy | utilities and power generation | consumer protection violation | 2016 | $6,800,000 |
| TK Holdings Inc. | Ningbo Joyson Electronic | automotive parts | consumer protection violation | 2018 | $650,000,000 |
| LifeLock, Inc. | NortonLifeLock | information technology | consumer protection violation | 2010 | (*) $1,000,000 |
| CIBA Vision | Novartis | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | $5,000,000 |
| Geneva Pharmaceuticals | Novartis | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | $15,350,000 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Novartis | pharmaceuticals | kickbacks and bribery | 2015 | (*) $83,129,754 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Novartis | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2010 | (*) $88,258,694 |
| Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Novartis | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2010 | (*) $29,000,000 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. | Novartis | pharmaceuticals | kickbacks and bribery | 2020 | $103,000,000 |
| Novo Nordisk Inc. | Novo Holdings A/S | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2017 | (*) $3,320,963 |
| Novo Nordisk Inc. | Novo Holdings A/S | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2011 | (*) $3,574,209 |
| Reliant Energy, Inc. | NRG Energy | utilities and power generation | energy market manipulation | 2005 | $460,000,000 |
| Nucor Corporation Inc. | Nucor | metals | environmental violation | 2001 | (*) $13,000,000 |
| NuVasive Inc | NuVasive Inc. | medical equipment and supplies | False Claims Act and related | 2015 | (*) $916,586 |
| Ocwen Financial Services | Ocwen Financial | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2013 | (*) $127,300,000 |
| PHH Mortgage Corp. | Ocwen Financial | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2018 | $45,000,000 |
| Olympus Corporation of the Americas | Olympus | electrical and electronic equipment | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | (*) $306,000,000 |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | Oppenheimer Holdings | financial services | investor protection violation | 2010 | $31,000,000 |
| BioScrip, Inc. | Option Care Health | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2012 | $5,000,000 |
| BioScrip, Inc. | Option Care Health | healthcare services | kickbacks and bribery | 2014 | (*) $3,310,000 |
| Otsuka American Pharmaceutical Inc. | Otsuka Pharmaceutical | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2008 | (*) $1,700,000 |
