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Company: America Online
Current Parent Company: Apollo Global Management
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Penalty: $210,000,000
Year: 2004
Date: December 15, 2004
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: accounting fraud or deficiencies
Mega-Scandal: Early 2000s Accounting Scandals
Violation Description: America Online, Inc. entered into an agreement with the government to defer prosecution on charges of aiding and abetting securities fraud in connection with transactions between AOL and PurchasePro.com.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Criminal Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Prosecution Agreement: deferred prosecution agreement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
Specific Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
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