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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Samsung Electronics
Ownership Structure: publicly traded
Headquartered in: South Korea
Major Industry: electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry: electronic devices
Penalty total since 2000: $1,104,706,115
Number of records: 30
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| competition-related offenses | $1,097,862,242 | 12 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $3,275,740 | 3 |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $2,300,000 | 1 |
| employment-related offenses | $849,579 | 3 |
| environment-related offenses | $336,208 | 4 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | $1,097,862,242 | 12 |
| consumer protection violation | $3,275,740 | 3 |
| False Claims Act and related | $2,300,000 | 1 |
| wage and hour violation | $839,578 | 2 |
| environmental violation | $243,045 | 3 |
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  |
| Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $300,000,000 |
| Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | MULTI-AG | $240,000,000 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $240,000,000 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | MULTI-AG | $90,000,000 |
| Samsung Semiconductor Inc. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $90,000,000 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $82,672,242 |
| Samsung Semiconductor Inc. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $67,000,000 |
| Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $33,250,000 |
| Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $14,900,000 |
| Samsung | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | WA-AG | $12,940,000 |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,500,000 |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,600,000 |
| Samsung Telecommunications America LLC | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,800,000 |
| Samsung Electronics America Inc. | False Claims Act and related | 2014 | DOJ_CIVIL | $2,300,000 |
| Samsung Electronics America, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2018 | WHD | $828,782 |
| Samsung | consumer protection violation | 2011 | CA-MULTI | $275,000 |
| Samsung Electronics America, Inc. | environmental violation | 2009 | EPA | $205,000 |
| Samsung Electronics America, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2004 | NY-AG | $200,740 |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | solid waste violation | 2024 | TX-ENV | $93,163 |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC | environmental violation | 2023 | EPA | $28,900 |
| SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR | aviation safety violation | 2011 | FAA | $19,500 |
| SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $15,520 |
| SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $15,076 |
| Samsung International, Inc | economic sanction violation | 2003 | OFAC | $11,000 |
| Samsung Electronics Latino America Miami, Inc | wage and hour violation | 2005 | WHD | $10,796 |
| Samsung Electronics America, Inc. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2024 | EBSA | $10,001 |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | environmental violation | 2016 | TX-ENV | $9,145 |
| HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2016 | OSHA | $7,700 |
| Harman International Industries, Inc. | nuclear safety violation | 2018 | NRC | $7,250 |
| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS HOME APPLIANCE AMERICA LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $6,300 |
