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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Linde
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol NYSE: LIN)
Headquartered in: United Kingdom
Major Industry: industrial services
Specific Industry: industrial gas
Penalty total since 2000: $170,074,515
Number of records: 127
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $85,413,472 | 9 |
| competition-related offenses | $70,252,500 | 3 |
| healthcare-related offenses | $10,000,000 | 1 |
| environment-related offenses | $2,856,074 | 40 |
| safety-related offenses | $1,056,060 | 62 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| False Claims Act and related | $85,317,000 | 7 |
| energy market violation | $59,000,000 | 1 |
| Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | $11,235,000 | 1 |
| HHS civil monetary penalties | $10,000,000 | 1 |
| environmental violation | $2,856,074 | 40 |
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  |
| Linde Gas North America LLC | environmental violation | 2011 | TX-ENV | $44,520 |
| NuCo2, INC. | labor relations violation | 2000 | NLRB | $45,000 |
| Praxair Distribution, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2007 | NLRB | $48,000 |
| Linde North America, Inc. | railroad safety violation | 2016 | FRA | $67,830 |
| Linde, Inc | federal leasing royalty violation | 2013 | ONRR | $73,072 |
| Linde North America, Inc. | railroad safety violation | 2017 | FRA | $75,000 |
| Lincare Holdings, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2017 | WHD | $76,319 |
| Lincare, Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2001 | NH-AG | $90,000 |
| LINDE GAS NORTH AMERICA | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $111,707 |
| Praxair Distribution | environmental violation | 2013 | CA-DPR | $112,000 |
| Lincare, Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2001 | MA-AG | $127,000 |
| Praxair Inc. | environmental violation | 2021 | EPA | $127,000 |
| Liz Leaderman | environmental violation | 2021 | EPA | $127,000 |
| Linde North America, Inc. | railroad safety violation | 2017 | FRA | $150,000 |
| Linde North America, Inc. | railroad safety violation | 2017 | FRA | $150,000 |
| Lincare, Inc. | privacy violation | 2016 | HHSOCR | $239,800 |
| Linde Inc. | environmental violation | 2009 | EPA | $496,950 |
| Praxair, Inc. | environmental violation | 2005 | AZ-DEQ | $550,000 |
| Sermatech International Inc. | environmental violation | 2010 | CA-SCAQMD | $750,000 |
| Lincare Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2001 | DOJ_CIVIL | $3,150,000 |
| Lincare, Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2018 | USAO | $5,250,000 |
| Lincare Inc. | HHS civil monetary penalties | 2006 | HHSOIG | $10,000,000 |
| Linde North America Inc. | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2017 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $11,235,000 |
| Linde GmbH | False Claims Act and related | 2020 | DOJ_CIVIL | $22,200,000 |
| Lincare Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2024 | USAO | $25,500,000 |
| Lincare Holdings, Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | USAO | $29,000,000 |
| Linde Inc. | energy market violation | 2024 | FERC | $59,000,000 |
