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Company: Mellon Bank N.A.
Current Parent Company: Bank of New York Mellon
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Penalty: $18,130,405
Year: 2006
Date: August 18, 2006
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Mellon Bank, N.A. entered into a Settlement Agreement regarding the April 2001 destruction of over 77,000 tax returns and payments at the Mellon Client Service Center in Pittsburgh.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Western District of Pennsylvania
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Prosecution Agreement: non-prosecution agreement
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: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
Source of Data: Mellon Bank Enters Settlement Agreemen Over Destroyed Tax Returns, US Fed News, August 18, 2006 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.