Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Commonwealth Edison Company
Current Parent Company:
Exelon
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 Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Illinois
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Parent:
utilities
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
