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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Instacart
Current Parent Company: Instacart
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Penalty: $2,540,000
Year: 2022
Date: August 19, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: tax violations
Violation Description: The DC Attorney General announced a $2.54 million settlement with Instacart, an online delivery company, resolving a lawsuit alleging that the company misled DC consumers, used tips left for workers to boost the company's bottom line, and failed to pay required sales taxes.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: District of Columbia Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: District of Columbia
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: grocery delivery service
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.