Dec 22, 2022 20:00:00

'Violation Tracker' that allows you to search for how many companies commit violations and crimes and pay fines

A database ' Violation Tracker ' that allows you to search how much companies have been fined due to cases and lawsuits resolved by the US Federal Regulatory Authority, the Department of Justice, and local regulatory authorities since 2000, is a database of corporate and government activities. Published by

Good Jobs First , an organization that monitors and publishes .

Violation Tracker
https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/

When you access 'Violation Tracker', the following screen will be displayed. Violation Tracker has recorded fines imposed in over 546,000 civil and criminal cases handled by over 400 agencies to date, with a total of $854 billion in recorded fines. Approximately 112.5 trillion yen).

Violation Tracker also has a search method that specifies three points: ``company name'', ``type of violation'', and ``which federal regulatory agency'', but this time, select only the company name at the bottom and search.

As an example, we will select

Pfizer , a major American pharmaceutical company, from among the candidates.

The search results will be displayed automatically.

In the upper row, an overview of Pfizer and the total amount of fines are displayed. The total amount of fines since 2000 is about 10.2 billion dollars (about 1.35 trillion yen), and the number of fines received for violations has risen to 90.

The middle row shows the top groups of violations that Pfizer has committed so far, and from the top, 'safety-related violations', 'medical-related crimes', 'government contract-related crimes', 'competition-related violations', ' You can check the total amount of fines and the number of fines in 'Environment-related crimes'.

The bottom row shows the major types of violations committed by Pfizer. From top to bottom: Drug or Medical Device Safety Violations, Off Label or Unapproved Promotion of Drugs, False Claims Act and Related,

Foreign Corrupt Practices Violations, Kickbacks and Bribery. As in the middle row, you can check the total amount of fines and the number of fines.

Also, at the bottom of the page, individual fined cases are recorded and you can check the details.

Next, search for '

Wells Fargo ', one of the world's largest financial institutions, headquartered in San Francisco, California. First, select 'Wells Fargo' from the candidates.

Wells Fargo's search results look like this. The amount of fines since 2000 was about $ 22 billion (about 2.9 trillion yen), and the number of fraudulent acts was 229.

The top fraud groups were financial crime, consumer protection crime, competition-related crime, government contract-related crime, and employment-related crime.

The main types of violations are 'mortgage abuse', 'banking law violations', 'harmful securities issuance', 'fraud' and 'investor protection violations'.