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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Bayer
Ownership Structure: publicly traded
Headquartered in: Germany
Major Industry: chemicals
Specific Industry: chemicals
Penalty total since 2000: $15,782,107,495
Number of records: 124
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| safety-related offenses | $12,458,161,554 | 27 |
| environment-related offenses | $2,227,090,251 | 65 |
| competition-related offenses | $526,990,574 | 12 |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $405,800,000 | 8 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $84,006,097 | 9 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| product safety violation | $10,350,000,000 | 2 |
| environmental violation | $2,227,090,251 | 65 |
| drug or medical equipment safety violation | $2,107,700,000 | 8 |
| price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | $524,990,574 | 8 |
| False Claims Act and related | $405,800,000 | 8 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Monsanto Company | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,550,000 |
| Bayer Corporation | False Claims Act and related | 2022 | DOJ_CIVIL | $40,000,000 |
| Monsanto Co. | environmental violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Monsanto Co. | environmental violation | 2020 | DC-AG | $52,000,000 |
| Bayer AG | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $55,300,000 |
| Bayer | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $56,900,000 |
| Bayer AG | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $66,000,000 |
| Bayer Corporation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $74,000,000 |
| Monsanto Company | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2016 | SEC | $80,000,000 |
| Monsanto Co. and Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia, LLC | environmental violation | 2022 | OH-AG | $80,000,000 |
| Monsanto Co. | environmental violation | 2023 | VA-AG | $80,000,000 |
| Monsanto Co. et al. | environmental violation | 2020 | WA-AG | $95,000,000 |
| Bayer HealthCare LLC | False Claims Act and related | 2008 | DOJ_CIVIL | $97,500,000 |
| Bayer AG | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | 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. $108,000,000 |
| Monsanto Co. | environmental violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $122,500,000 |
| Bayer AG | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $250,375,190 |
| Bayer Corporation | False Claims Act and related | 2003 | DOJ_CIVIL | $251,000,000 |
| Bayer AG | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $387,500,000 |
| Monsanto Co. | environmental violation | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $390,000,000 |
| Monsanto Company | environmental violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $537,500,000 |
| Monsanto Company | environmental violation | 2022 | OR-AG | $698,000,000 |
| Bayer AG | product safety violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $750,000,000 |
| Bayer AG | drug or medical equipment safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-state | $1,600,000,000 |
| Bayer | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,600,000,000 |
