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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Moody's
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol MCO)
Headquartered in: New York
Major Industry: information technology
Specific Industry: information services
Penalty total since 2000: $880,758,879
Number of records: 7
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| financial offenses | $880,250,000 | 4 |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $300,000 | 1 |
| miscellaneous offenses | $195,000 | 1 |
| employment-related offenses | $13,879 | 1 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| toxic securities abuses | $864,000,000 | 2 |
| investor protection violation | $16,250,000 | 2 |
| False Claims Act and related | $300,000 | 1 |
| obstruction of justice | $195,000 | 1 |
| wage and hour violation | $13,879 | 1 |
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 |
| Moody's Investors Service Inc | obstruction of justice | 2001 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $195,000 |
| Moody's KMV Company | wage and hour violation | 2005 | WHD | $13,879 |
| Moody's Investors Service, Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2011 | CT-AG | $300,000 |
| Moody's Corporation | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $864,000,000 |
| Moody's Corporation | toxic securities abuses | 2017 | 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. $426,500,000 |
| Moody's Investors Service, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2018 | SEC | $1,250,000 |
| Moody's Investors Service, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2018 | SEC | $15,000,000 |
