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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: 
General Motors
Current Parent Company: 
General Motors
Penalty: 
$900,000,000
Year: 
2015
Date: 
September 17, 2015
Primary Offense: 
motor vehicle safety violation
Violation Description: 

Deferred prosecution agreement concerning criminal charges linked to an alleged failure to notify the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of potentially deadly safety defects.

Level of Government: 
federal
Action Type: 
agency action
Agency: 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: 
criminal
Prosecution Agreement: 
deferred prosecution agreement
HQ Country of Parent: 
USA
HQ State of Parent: 
Michigan
Ownership Structure of Parent: 
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: 
motor vehicles
Specific Industry of Parent: 
motor vehicles
Source of Data: 

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-attorney-southern-district-new-york-ann... (archived copy)

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Parent company note: 
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.