Recently, the FCPA Blog published a list of the “40 biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act resolutions of all time.” The list is false and misleading in many respects. For starters, the list contains enforcement actions in which the company was not even charged or found to be in violation of the FCPA’s provisions. Second, it contains inaccurate and inconsistently applied math. Third, it contains amounts that the DOJ and SEC (the only government agencies on planet earth that actually enforce the FCPA) did not even secure.
If you value accurate FCPA enforcement information, set forth below is a list of the top 50 corporate FCPA settlement amounts actually secured by the DOJ/SEC.
| Company | Amount | Year
|
| 1. Ericsson | $1.06 billion
(DOJ – $520 million) (SEC – $540 million)
|
2019 |
| 2. MTS | $850 million
(DOJ – $750 million) (SEC – $100 million)
|
2019
|
| 3. Siemens | $800 million
(DOJ – $450 million) (SEC – $350 million)
|
2008 |
| 4. Alstom | $772 million
(DOJ – $772 million)
|
2014
|
| 5. KBR / Halliburton | $579 million
(DOJ – $402 million) (SEC – $177 million)
|
2009 |
| 6. Teva Pharmaceutical | $519 million
(DOJ – $283 million) (SEC – $236 million)
|
2016 |
| 7. Telia | $483 million
(DOJ – $275 million) (SEC – $208 million)
|
2017 |
| 8. Och-Ziff | $412 million
(DOJ – $213 million) (SEC – $199 million)
|
2016
|
| 9. Total | $398 million
(DOJ – $245 million) (SEC – $153 million)
|
2013
|
| 10. VimpelCom | $397.5 million
(DOJ – $230 million) (SEC – $167.5 million)
|
2016 |
| 11. Alcoa | $384 million
(DOJ – $223 million) (SEC – $161 million)
|
2014
|
| 12. Snamprogetti / ENI | $365 million
(DOJ – $240 million) (SEC – $125 million)
|
2010
|
| 13. Technnip | $338 million
(DOJ – $240 million) (SEC – $ 98 million)
|
2010
|
| 14. SocGen | $293 million
(DOJ – $137 million)
|
2018 |
| 15. Walmart | $282 million
(DOJ – $137 million) (SEC – $145 million)
|
2019
|
| 16. Panasonic | $280 million
(DOJ – $137 million) (SEC – $143 million)
|
2018
|
| 17. Odebrecht / Braskem | $253 million
(DOJ – $188 million) (SEC – $65 million)
|
2016 |
| 18. SBM Offshore | $238 million
(DOJ – $238 million)
|
2017
|
| 19. Fresenius | $232 million
(DOJ – $85 million) (SEC – $147 million)
|
2019
|
| 20. JGC | $219 million
(DOJ – $219 million)
|
2011
|
| 21. JPMorgan | $203 million
(DOJ – $72 million) (SEC – $131 million)
|
2016 |
| 22. Embraer | $187 million
(DOJ – $107 million) (SEC – $79 million)
|
2016
|
| 23. Daimler | $185 million
(DOJ – $94 million) (SEC – $91 million)
|
2010 |
| 24. Petrobras | $170 million
(DOJ – $85 million) (SEC – $85 million)
|
2018 |
| 25. Rolls-Royce | $170 million
(DOJ – $170 million)
|
2017 |
| 26. Weatherford Int’l
|
$153 million
(DOJ – $87 million) (SEC – $66 million)
|
2013 |
| 27. Alcatel-Lucent | $137 million
(DOJ – $92 million) (SEC – $45 million)
|
2010 |
| 28. Avon | $135 million
(DOJ – $67.5 million) (SEC – $67.5 million)
|
2014 |
| 29. HP | $108 million
(DOJ – $76.7 million) (SEC – $31.5 million)
|
2014 |
| 30. Keppel Offshore | $106 million
(DOJ – $106 million)
|
2017 |
| 31. Magyar Telekom / Deutshe Telekom | $95 million
(DOJ – $64 million) (SEC – $31 million)
|
2011 |
| 32. Marubeni | $88 million
(DOJ – $88 million)
|
2014
|
| 33. Technip/FMC | $87 million
(DOJ – $82 million) (SEC – $5 million)
|
2019
|
| 34. Panalpina | $82 million
(DOJ – $71 million) (SEC – $11 million)
|
2010 |
| 35. Credit Suisse | $77 million
(DOJ – $47 million) (SEC – $30 million)
|
2018 |
| 36. General Cable | $76 million
(DOJ – $21 million) (SEC – $55 million)
|
2016 |
| 37. Johnson & Johnson | $70 million
(DOJ – $21 million) (SEC – $49 million)
|
2011 |
| 38. Legg Mason | $67 million
(DOJ – $33 million) (SEC – $34 million)
|
2018
|
| 39. Pfizer / Wyeth | $60 million
(DOJ – $15 million) (SEC – $45 million)
|
2012 |
| 40. ABB | $58 million
(DOJ – $19 million) (SEC – $39 million)
|
2010 |
| 41. Pride Int’l | $56 million
(DOJ – $33 million) (SEC – $23 million)
|
2010 |
| 42. Marubeni | $55 million
(DOJ – $55 million)
|
2012 |
| 43. Diebold | $48 million
(DOJ – $25 million) (SEC – $23 million)
|
2013 |
| 44. Royal Dutch Shell | $48 million
(DOJ – $30 million) (SEC – $18 million)
|
2010 |
| 45. Baker Hughes | $44 million
(DOJ – $11 million) (SEC – $33 million)
|
2007 |
| 46. Samsung | $38 million
(DOJ – $38 million) |
2019
|
| 47. Polycom | $36 million
(DOJ – $20 million) (SEC – $16 million)
|
2018 |
| 48. Willbros Group | $32 million
(DOJ – $22 million) (SEC – $10 million)
|
2008 |
| 49. Bilfinger SE
|
$32 million
(DOJ – $32 million)
|
2013 |
| 50. SQM | $30.5 million
(DOJ – $15.5 million) (SEC – $15 million)
|
2017 |
