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Company: Marathon Oil Company
Current Parent Company: Marathon Oil
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Penalty: $7,700,000
Year: 2001
Date: February 7, 2001
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: federal leasing royalty violation
Violation Description: Marathon Oil agreed to pay $7.7 million to resolve claims under the False Claims Act and administrative claims that the Houston-based corporation underpaid royalties due for oil produced on federal and Indian leases between 1988 and 1998.
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: Texas
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.