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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Bank of America
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol NYSE: BAC)
Headquartered in: North Carolina
Major Industry: financial services
Specific Industry: banking
Penalty total since 2000: $87,320,969,499
Number of records: 333
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $44,280,859,042 | 80 |
| financial offenses | $41,338,642,096 | 158 |
| employment-related offenses | $887,742,037 | 66 |
| competition-related offenses | $777,780,585 | 20 |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $35,600,000 | 1 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| mortgage abuses | $39,950,771,706 | 19 |
| toxic securities abuses | $23,208,942,857 | 11 |
| investor protection violation | $13,806,813,962 | 121 |
| consumer protection violation | $4,285,482,302 | 45 |
| banking violation | $4,179,637,532 | 14 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below 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. The totals 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 list below.
Links: For a summary of this company's regulatory penalties in more than 50 other countries, see its Violation Tracker Global summary page
here.
Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Bank of America | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2013 | HUD | $22,449 |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. | investor protection violation | 2009 | MO-SEC | $20,000 |
| Bank of America, N.A. | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $18,654 |
| Bank of America, National Association | labor relations violation | 2013 | NLRB | $18,634 |
| Merrill Lynch | wage and hour violation | 2019 | NY-DOL | $18,609 |
| Fleet National Bank | environmental violation | 2000 | RI-ENV | $18,034 |
| Bank Of America | wage and hour violation | 2010 | MI-LEO | $15,406 |
| Merrill Lynch & Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. | investor protection violation | 2010 | AR-SEC | $15,000 |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. | investor protection violation | 2013 | DC-DISB | $15,000 |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2001 | FINRA | $15,000 |
| Bank of America, N.A. | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2022 | HUD | $15,000 |
| Bank of America | Family and Medical Leave Act | 2017 | WHD | $14,528 |
| Bank Of America | wage and hour violation | 2010 | MI-LEO | $14,000 |
| Bank of America | economic sanction violation | 2004 | OFAC | $13,573 |
| Bank of America | wage and hour violation | 2005 | WHD | $12,824 |
| Bank Of America NA | environmental violation | 2005 | TX-ENV | $12,480 |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2016 | VA-SEC | $11,500 |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2004 | FL-OFR | $10,000 |
| Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2008 | MD-SEC | $10,000 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP | wage and hour violation | 2022 | IL-DOL | $9,660 |
| Bank of America | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2013 | HUD | $7,500 |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2006 | WHD | $7,060 |
| Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. | investor protection violation | 2005 | WI-FIN | $7,000 |
| BANK OF AMERICA | workplace safety or health violation | 2011 | OSHA | $6,600 |
| Bank of America | Family and Medical Leave Act | 2008 | WHD | $6,500 |
| Bank of America | wage and hour violation | 2008 | WHD | $6,209 |
| Bank of America Corporation | wage and hour violation | 2004 | WHD | $5,972 |
| Bank of America, NA | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $5,827 |
| COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, | wage and hour violation | 2008 | CA-LCO | $5,164 |
| Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2000 | SC-INS | $5,000 |
| Countrywide Home Loans | air pollution violation | 2000 | CA-SCAQMD | $5,000 |
| Bank Of America | wage and hour violation | 2011 | MI-LEO | $5,000 |
| BANK OF AMERICA | workplace safety or health violation | 2003 | OSHA | $5,000 |
