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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: Foreign Bribery
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Penalty Total since 2000: $19,981,675,611
Number of Penalty Records: 115
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
| Top 10 Current Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| Goldman Sachs | $2,921,088,000 | 2 |
| Ericsson | $1,265,000,000 | 3 |
| Societe Generale | $860,000,000 | 1 |
| Mobile TeleSystems PJSC | $850,000,000 | 2 |
| Siemens | $800,000,000 | 2 |
| Alstom | $772,290,000 | 1 |
| Telia Company AB | $731,603,972 | 2 |
| Gunvor Group | $661,698,515 | 1 |
| Olympus | $646,000,000 | 1 |
| KBR | $579,000,000 | 2 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd. | Shell PLC | oil and gas | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2010 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $30,000,000 |
| Chevron Corporation | Chevron | oil and gas | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2007 | SEC | $30,000,000 |
| AAR Corp. | AAR Corp. | aerospace and military contracting | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2024 | SEC | $29,236,624 |
| Halliburton Company | Halliburton | oilfield services and supplies | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2017 | SEC | $29,200,000 |
| Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Holdings Ltd. | Marsh & McLennan | financial services | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2022 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $29,081,951 |
| Stericycle, Inc. | Waste Management Inc. | waste management and environmental services | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2022 | SEC | $28,200,000 |
| Bridgestone Corp. | Bridgestone | automotive parts | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $28,000,000 |
| JBS S.A. | JBS | food products | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2020 | SEC | $27,000,000 |
| AAR Corp. | AAR Corp. | aerospace and military contracting | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2024 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $26,363,029 |
| Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. | Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings | business services | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2023 | SEC | $26,100,000 |
| Vetco International Ltd. | | | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2007 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $26,000,000 |
| Diebold Inc. | Diebold Nixdorf | miscellaneous manufacturing | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2013 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $25,200,000 |
| Sanofi | Sanofi | pharmaceuticals | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2018 | SEC | $25,200,000 |
| Novartis AG | Novartis | pharmaceuticals | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2016 | SEC | $25,000,000 |
| BHP Billiton | BHP Group | mining and minerals | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2015 | SEC | $25,000,000 |
