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Company: S-Oil Corporation
Current Parent Company: Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
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Penalty: $43,580,000
Year: 2019
Date: March 20, 2019
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: South Korea-based companies Hyundai Oilbank Co. Ltd. and S-Oil Corporation agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay a total of approximately $75 million in criminal fines for their involvement in a bid-rigging conspiracy that targeted contracts to supply fuel to United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force bases in South Korea. They also agreed to pay a total of $52 million to settle related civil charges. The Justice Department announcement did not specify the division of the criminal penalty between the two companies; the breakdown was reported by Reuters: (click here)
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil and criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Saudi Arabia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: government-owned
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.