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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: IBM
Current Parent Company: IBM Corp.
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $2,972,038
Year: 2007
Date: August 16, 2007
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: IBM Corporation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers agreed to pay the United States a total of more than $5.2 million to settle allegations that the companies solicited and provided improper payments and other things of value on technology contracts with government agencies.
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: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: information technology
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