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Company: Dell Inc.
Current Parent Company: Dell Technologies
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Penalty: $100,000,000
Year: 2010
Date: July 22, 2010
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: accounting fraud or deficiencies
Violation Description: Dell Inc. agreed to pay $100 million to settle allegations of failing to disclose material information to investors and using fraudulent accounting to make it falsely appear that the company was consistently meeting Wall Street earnings targets and reducing its operating expenses.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: computers
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