Historically, the end of the calendar year has been an active period for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement.
With three weeks left in 2021, we shall see.
In the meantime, set forth below is the current top ten corporate FCPA settlements of all-time actually secured by U.S. law enforcement.
Unlike certain other lists, the below list is calculated after consistently accounting for certain credits or deductions in several enforcement actions involving foreign companies and/or related foreign law enforcement actions.
1. Goldman Sachs
- 1.66 billion
- ($1.263 billion DOJ)($400 million SEC)
- 2020
2. Ericsson
- 1.06 billion
- ($520 million DOJ)($540 million SEC)
- 2019
3. MTS
- $850 million
- ($750 million DOJ)($100 million SEC)
- 2019
4. Siemens
- $800 million
- ($450 million DOJ)($350 million SEC)
- 2008
5. Alstom
- $772 million
- ($772 million DOJ)
- 2014
6. KBR/Halliburton
- $579 million
- ($402 million DOJ)($177 million SEC)
- 2009
7. Teva Phrama
- $519 million
- ($283 million DOJ)($236 million SEC)
- 2016
8. Telia
- $483 million
- ($275 million DOJ)($208 million SEC)
- 2017
9. Och-Ziff
- $412 million
- ($213 million DOJ)($199 million SEC)
- 2016
10. Total
- $398 million
- ($245 million DOJ)($153 million SEC)
- 2013
