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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Office Depot, Inc.
Current Parent Company: ODP Corporation
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Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2010
Date: October 21, 2010
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: accounting fraud or deficiencies
Violation Description: Office Depot, Inc. and two executives settled allegations of violating or causing violations of fair disclosure regulations when selectively conveying to analysts and institutional investors that the company would not meet analysts' earnings estimates. The SEC also accused Office Depot with unrelated accounting violations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Florida
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-office supplies
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