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Company: Commonwealth Edison Company
Current Parent Company: Exelon
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Penalty: $200,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: July 17, 2020
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: A criminal investigation of Commonwealth Edison was resolved with a deferred prosecution agreement under which ComEd agreed to pay $200 million and admit it arranged jobs, vendor subcontracts, and monetary payments associated with those jobs and subcontracts, for various associates of a high-level elected official for the state of Illinois, to influence and reward the official's efforts to assist ComEd with respect to legislation concerning ComEd and its business.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Northern District of Illinois
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Prosecution Agreement: deferred prosecution agreement
Facility State: Illinois
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: utilities
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