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Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
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Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corp. | Access Industries | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | MULTI-AG | $29,400,000 |
Alpharma, Inc. | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $750,000 |
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $1,460,000 |
Cingular Wireless | AT&T | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $1,666,666 |
Ford Motor Credit Corporation | Ford Motor | motor vehicles | consumer protection violation | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $6,200,000 |
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. | Cigna | healthcare services | consumer protection violation | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $29,100,000 |
New Access, LLC | consumer protection violation | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $2,000,000 | ||
Perrigo Company | Perrigo | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $750,000 |
Rite Aid Corporation | Rite Aid | retailing | False Claims Act and related | 2004 | 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. $1,400,000 |
Rite Aid Corporation | Rite Aid | retailing | tobacco litigation | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $250,000 |
Sprint PCS | T-Mobile US | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $1,666,666 |
UnumProvident Corporation | Unum | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $15,000,000 |
Verizon Wireless | Verizon Communications | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2004 | MULTI-AG | $1,666,666 |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Walmart | retailing | False Claims Act and related | 2004 | 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. $2,866,904 |
Warner-Lambert | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2004 | 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. $190,000,000 |
7-Eleven, Inc. | Seven & I Holdings | retailing | tobacco litigation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $375,000 |
Abbott Laboratories | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $15,350,000 |
Alyon Technologies, Inc. and Telecollect, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $39,285,000 | ||
AmeriNet Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $50,000 | ||
Blockbuster Inc. | DISH Network | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $630,000 |
CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc. | First Citizens BancShares | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $10,000,000 |
Clean Harbors Environmental Services | Clean Harbors Inc. | waste management and environmental services | environmental violation | 2005 | 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. $300,000 |
ConocoPhillips | Phillips 66 | oil and gas | tobacco litigation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $125,000 |
De Lage Landen Financial Services, Inc. | Rabobank | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $872,000 |
DirecTV | AT&T | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $5,000,000 |
Gambro Healthcare Inc. | Baxter International | medical equipment and supplies | False Claims Act and related | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $37,500,000 |
General Electric Capital Corporation | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $2,890,000 | ||
Geneva Pharmaceuticals | Novartis | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $15,350,000 |
GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2005 | 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. $10,000,000 |
Hearst Corporation | Hearst | media | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $925,000 |
Lyon Financial Services d/b/a U.S. Bancorp Business Equipment Finance Group | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $10,000,000 | ||
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | Marsh & McLennan | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $850,000,000 |
MCI | Verizon Communications | telecommunications | tax violations | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $315,000,000 |
National Research Center for College and University Admissions | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $300,000 | ||
Ohio Edison | FirstEnergy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2005 | 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. $18,900,000 |
SmithKline Beecham Corp. | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $10,000,000 |
State Farm Mutual Insurance Company | State Farm Insurance | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $41,000,000 |
Sunoco | Energy Transfer | pipelines | environmental violation | 2005 | 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. $6,900,000 |
US Express Leasing, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $1,590,000 | ||
Valero | Valero Energy | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2005 | 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. $11,000,000 |
Wells Fargo Financial Leasing, Inc. | Wells Fargo | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $10,000,000 |
Western Union Financial Services | Western Union | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2005 | MULTI-AG | $8,529,000 |
ACE, Ltd | Chubb Limited | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $80,000,000 |
Ameriquest Mortgage | Citigroup | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $325,000,000 |
BB&T Leasing Corporation | Truist Financial | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $6,000,000 |
Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals, Inc. et al. | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $2,500,000 | ||
Bunge North America Inc. | Bunge | agribusiness | environmental violation | 2006 | 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. $1,875,000 |
Chase Bank | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $3,850,000 |
Chubb | Chubb Limited | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $17,000,000 |
CVS Pharmacy | CVS Health | retailing | tobacco litigation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $250,000 |
Fax.com | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $30,000,000 | ||
Friedman's Inc. dba Friedman's Jewelers | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $2,150,000 | ||
Gateway Distributors and The Right Solution Gateway | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $100,000 | ||
GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $14,000,000 |
GlaxoSmithKline | GlaxoSmithKline | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $3,500,000 |
Gunning & Associates Marketing Inc. and Fleet Liquidators of America, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $300,000 | ||
House of Prince A/S | tobacco litigation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $55,400,000 | ||
ING | Voya Financial | financial services | investor protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $33,000,000 |
InterMune Inc. | Roche | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2006 | 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. $6,700,000 |
King Pharmaceuticals | Pfizer | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | 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. $124,000,000 |
Newport Creative Communications | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $400,000 | ||
Omnicare Inc. | CVS Health | retailing | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | 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. $19,858,782 |
PayPal, Inc. | PayPal Holdings | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $1,700,000 |
Popular Leasing U.S.A., Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $35,000,000 | ||
Sony BMG | Sony | electrical and electronic equipment | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $4,250,000 |
St. Paul Travelers | Travelers | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $77,000,000 |
The Hartford Financial Services Group | Hartford Financial Services | financial services | investor protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $20,000,000 |
Time Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $8,800,000 | ||
Trilegiant Corp. | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $10,650,000 | ||
United Egg Producers | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $100,000 | ||
Vonage Holdings Corporation | Ericsson | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $500,000 |
Wachovia Capital Markets LLC | Wells Fargo | financial services | investor protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $25,000,000 |
Yellow Pages, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $525,000 | ||
YP.com and Telco Billing, Inc. | Thryv Inc. | business services | consumer protection violation | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $2,000,000 |
Zurich American Insurance Company | Zurich Insurance | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | MULTI-AG | $171,700,000 |
ACE Group Holdings, Inc. | Chubb Limited | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $4,500,000 |
America Online | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $3,000,000 |
American Electric Power | American Electric Power | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2007 | 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. $4,675,000,000 |
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Sanofi | pharmaceuticals | False Claims Act and related | 2007 | 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. $10,645,600 |
Bayer Corporation | Bayer | chemicals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $8,000,000 |
Career Education Corporation | Perdoceo Education Corporation | miscellaneous services | consumer protection violation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $21,200 |
ChoicePoint | RELX Group | media | privacy violation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $500,000 |
DeVry University | Cogswell Education | miscellaneous services | consumer protection violation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $88,112 |
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. | DuPont de Nemours | chemicals | environmental violation | 2007 | 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. $4,125,000 |
Equistar Chemicals LP | LyondellBasell Industries | chemicals | environmental violation | 2007 | 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. $2,500,000 |
First Group, plc | FirstGroup | miscellaneous services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $1,100,000 |
Guidant Corporation | Boston Scientific Corp. | medical equipment and supplies | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $16,750,000 |
Healthcare Research and Development Institute, LLC | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $150,000 | ||
Kroger Company | Kroger | retailing | tobacco litigation | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $325,000 |
Purdue Pharma | Purdue Pharma | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $19,500,000 |
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. | Samsung | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $90,000,000 |
TravelersCompanies, Inc. | Travelers | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $6,000,000 |
Warner Chilcott Holdings | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $5,500,000 |
Airborne Health, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $7,000,000 | ||
American International Group, Inc. | American International Group | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $12,500,000 |
Anheuser-Busch | Anheuser-Busch InBev | beverages | consumer protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $200,000 |
Barr Pharmaceuticals | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $5,900,000 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Bristol-Myers Squibb | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $1,100,000 |
Caremark | CVS Health | retailing | kickbacks and bribery | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $41,000,000 |
College Board | consumer protection violation | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $675,000 | ||
Countrywide Home Loans | Bank of America | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2008 | MULTI-AG | $8,680,000,000 |