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Company: Devon Energy Corporation
Current Parent Company: Devon Energy
Penalty: $61,500,000
Year: 2021
Date: September 27, 2021
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: federal leasing royalty violation
Mega-Scandal: Federal Leaseholder Abuse
Violation Description: Devon Energy Corporation, an Oklahoma-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company, and its affiliates Devon Energy Corp. (Oklahoma) and Devon Energy Production Company, LP agreed to pay $6.15 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act by underpaying and underreporting royalties for natural gas from federal lands in Wyoming and New Mexico.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Oklahoma
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
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