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| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2020 | CA-PUC | $1,937,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2015 | CA-PUC | $1,600,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | investor protection violation | 2009 | CA-AG | $1,400,000,000 |
| Corinthian Colleges, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2016 | CA-AG | $1,170,025,000 | ||
| Pacific Gas & Electric | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2019 | CA-MULTI | $1,000,000,000 |
| Powerex | BC Hydro | utilities and power generation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | CA-AG | $750,000,000 |
| Mirant Corporation | NRG Energy | utilities and power generation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | CA-AG | $749,700,000 |
| Sutter Health | Sutter Health | healthcare services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | CA-AG | $575,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $565,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2021 | CA-PUC | $550,000,000 |
| Cummins, Inc. | Cummins | miscellaneous manufacturing | environmental violation | 2024 | CA-AG | $372,000,000 |
| SCAN Health Plan, Senior Care Action Network, and Scan Group | SCAN Health Plan | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2012 | CA-AG | $323,670,000 |
| SCAN Health Plan | SCAN Health Plan | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2012 | USAO | $319,850,000 |
| Providian Financial Corp. | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2000 | CA-AG | $305,500,000 |
| Johnson and Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2023 | CA-AG | $302,000,000 |
| J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2013 | CA-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $298,973,000 |
| PG&E Corp. | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $295,000,000 |
| Dynegy | Vistra Energy | utilities and power generation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | CA-AG | $281,500,000 |
| California Public Employees' Retirement System | employment discrimination | 2003 | EEOC | $250,000,000 | ||
| Quest Diagnostics | Quest Diagnostics | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | CA-AG | $241,000,000 |
| Walgreens | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2023 | CA-SFCA | $229,610,000 |
| Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC | Ocwen Financial | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2017 | CA-DFPI | $225,000,000 |
| Centene Corporation | Centene | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | CA-AG | $215,000,000 |
| Dish Network | DISH Network | telecommunications | privacy violation | 2020 | 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. $210,000,000 |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. | Kaiser Permanente | healthcare services | insurance violation | 2023 | CA-MHC | $200,000,000 |
| Pacificare Life and Health Insurance Co. | UnitedHealth Group | healthcare services | insurance violation | 2014 | CA-INS | $173,603,750 |
| K12 Inc. | Stride Inc. | miscellaneous services | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | CA-AG | $168,500,000 |
| PG&E | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2021 | CA-SFCA | $160,600,000 |
| Westland Meat Co. | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | DOJ_CIVIL | $155,680,000 | ||
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $152,000,000 |
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | investor protection violation | 2019 | CA-AG | $150,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2023 | CA-PUC | $150,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility administrative violation | 2008 | CA-PUC | $146,000,000 |
| Chevron | Chevron | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2024 | CA-BAAQMD | $137,500,000 |
| State Farm | State Farm Insurance | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-state | $135,000,000 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | CA-AG | $125,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2021 | CA-PUC | $125,000,000 |
| Allstate Insurance | Allstate | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-state | $120,000,000 |
| Southern California Gas Company | Sempra Energy | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2018 | CA-AG | $119,500,000 |
| Riot Games, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2021 | CA-CRD | $118,000,000 | ||
| Google, LLC | Alphabet Inc. | information technology | employment discrimination | 2022 | private lawsuit-state | $118,000,000 |
| Ambiance Apparel | customs duty evasion | 2020 | USAO | $117,897,708 | ||
| ABM Industries | ABM Industries | business services | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-state | $110,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2020 | CA-PUC | $110,000,000 |
| Recology San Francisco | Recology | waste management and environmental services | consumer protection violation | 2021 | CA-SFCA | $107,600,000 |
| BP Energy Company | BP | oil and gas | False Claims Act and related | 2018 | CA-AG | $102,000,000 |
| ConAgra Grocery Products Company | ConAgra Brands | food products | consumer protection violation | 2019 | CA-MULTI | $101,666,667 |
| NL Industries, Inc. | Contran Corporation | chemicals | consumer protection violation | 2019 | CA-MULTI | $101,666,667 |
| The Sherwin-Williams Company | Sherwin-Williams | paints and coatings | consumer protection violation | 2019 | CA-MULTI | $101,666,667 |
| Riot Games Inc. | employment discrimination | 2023 | private lawsuit-state | $100,000,000 | ||
| HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA | Hyundai Motor | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2015 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $100,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility administrative violation | 2018 | CA-PUC | $97,500,000 |
| Health Net Federal Services LLC | Centene | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2021 | USAO | $97,237,391 |
| Google LLC | Alphabet Inc. | information technology | privacy violation | 2023 | CA-AG | $93,000,000 |
| Farmers Insurance Exchange | Farmers Insurance Exchange | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-state | $90,009,208 |
| Recycling Services Alliance, Inc. | fraud | 2024 | CA-AG | $86,784,861 | ||
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2016 | CA-AG | $86,000,000 |
| Tenet Healthcare | Tenet Healthcare | healthcare services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $85,000,000 |
| BP West Coast Products | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2005 | CA-SCAQMD | $81,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2024 | USAO | $80,000,000 |
| Ralphs Grocery Company | Kroger | retailing | fraud | 2006 | USAO | $70,000,000 |
| Microsoft | Microsoft | information technology | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | CA-MULTI | $70,000,000 |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | CA-AG | $69,000,000 |
| Frontier Communications | Frontier Communications | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2022 | CA-MULTI | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $69,000,000 |
| Balboa Student Loan Trust | consumer protection violation | 2018 | CA-AG | $67,000,000 | ||
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | environmental violation | 2016 | CA-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $66,000,000 |
| HVI CAT CANYON, INC., f/k/a/ GREKA OIL & GAS, INC. | environmental violation | 2023 | EPA | $65,389,857 | ||
| City National Bank | Royal Bank of Canada | financial services | banking violation | 2024 | OCC | $65,000,000 |
| Shell Oil Company | Shell PLC | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-state | $63,000,000 |
| Academy of Art University | zoning violation | 2016 | CA-SFCA | $60,000,000 | ||
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2022 | CA-MULTI | $55,000,000 |
| Activision Blizzard, Inc. | Microsoft | information technology | employment discrimination | 2023 | CA-CRD | $54,000,000 |
| AT&T | AT&T | telecommunications | environmental violation | 2014 | CA-AG | $51,800,000 |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2015 | CA-AG | $50,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2016 | CA-LACA | $50,000,000 |
| CenCal Health | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | CA-AG | $49,500,000 | ||
| Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Regional Health Authority dba CenCal Health | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | DOJ_CIVIL | $49,500,000 | ||
| Lloyd's of London | environmental violation | 2005 | CA-AG | $49,000,000 | ||
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. | Kaiser Permanente | healthcare services | environmental violation | 2023 | CA-AG | $49,000,000 |
| Ensign Group Inc. | Ensign Group | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | DOJ_CIVIL | $48,000,000 |
| Hoffman-LaRoche | Roche | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | CA-AG | $47,498,000 |
| Instacart | Instacart | miscellaneous services | wage and hour violation | 2022 | CA-SDCA | $46,500,000 |
| BP-ARCO | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2002 | CA-AG | $45,800,000 |
| Brinker International | Brinker International | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-state | $44,300,000 |
| Progress Energy | Duke Energy | utilities and power generation | False Claims Act and related | 2004 | CA-SFCA | $43,100,000 |
| Super Absorbent Co., Synchronized Funding, LLC | investor protection violation | 2010 | CA-DFPI | $42,650,000 | ||
| Hanson Building Materials, | Quikrete | building materials | environmental violation | 2007 | CA-AG | $42,200,000 |
| PAMC Ltd., and Pacific Alliance Medical Center Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $42,000,000 | ||
| Assurance Wireless USA, (F/K/A Virgin Mobile USA, wholly owned by Sprint) (U-4327-C) | T-Mobile US | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2021 | CA-PUC | $41,686,931 |
| Mercury Insurance Co. and Mercury Casualty Co. and California Automobile Insurance Co. | Mercury General Corporation | financial services | insurance violation | 2019 | CA-INS | $41,188,505 |
| Boeing | Boeing | aerospace and military contracting | environmental violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $39,500,000 |
| Protege Financial & Insurance Service, Inc. et al. | investor protection violation | 2014 | CA-DFPI | $38,200,000 | ||
| Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $38,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2011 | CA-PUC | $38,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2013 | CA-PUC | $37,000,000 |
| SF Recology Group | Recology | waste management and environmental services | kickbacks and bribery | 2021 | USAO | $36,000,000 |
| Prime Healthcare Services | Prime Healthcare Services Inc. | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2021 | DOJ_CIVIL | $35,463,057 |
| Oracle | Oracle | information technology | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-state | $35,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | consumer protection violation | 2007 | CA-PUC | $35,000,000 |
| Allstate Insurance Co. | Allstate | financial services | insurance violation | 2005 | CA-INS | $34,000,000 |
| Recycling Service Alliance Corp. | False Claims Act and related | 2021 | CA-AG | $34,000,000 |
