1. BP 2015 ($20,800 million)

14 March 2019

Oil company BP’s October 2015 agreement to pay the US government US$20.8 billion following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the largest environmental penalty in history.

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1. BP 2015 ($20,800 million)
2. Bank of America 2014 - DOJ ($16,667 million)
3. Volkswagen 2016 2-litre ($14,700 million)
4. Apple 2016* ($14,520 million)
5. JPMorgan 2013 - DOJ ($13,000 million)
6. Bank of America 2012 ($12,200 million)
7. Bank of America 2013 - FHFA ($11,560 million)
8. Bank of America 2014 - FHFA ($9,334 million)
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9. BNP Paribas 2014 ($8,974 million)
10. Gazprom 2017 ($7,904 million)
11. Citigroup 2014 - DOJ ($7,284 million)
12. Deutsche Bank 2017 ($7,200 million)
13. Royal Bank of Scotland 2018 ($5,400 million)
14. JPMorgan 2012 ($5,334 million)
15. Wells Fargo 2012 ($5,300 million)
16. Credit Suisse 2017 ($5,280 million)
17. Anadarko 2014 ($5,150 million)
18. Goldman Sachs 2016 ($5,060 million)
19. Facebook 2019 – FTC ($5,000 million)
20. Google 2018 ($5,000 million)
21. BP 2012 ($4,525 million)
22. Volkswagen 2017 ($4,300 million)
23. Airbus 2020 ($3,960 million)
24. Morgan Stanley 2016 ($3,173 million)
25. J&F Investimentos 2017 ($3,171 million)
26. GlaxoSmithKline 2012 ($3,000 million)
27. Wells Fargo 2020 ($3,000 million)
28. Google 2017 ($2,988 million)
29. Bank of America 2013 ($2,890 million)
30. Bank of America 2011 ($2,620 million)
31. Credit Suisse 2014 - DOJ ($2,620 million)
32. Odebrecht 2016 ($2,600 million)
33. Deutsche Bank 2015 ($2,519 million)
34. Barclays 2015 ($2,378 million)
35. Pfizer 2009 ($2,300 million)
36. Johnson & Johnson 2013 ($2,269 million)
37. Citigroup 2012 ($2,200 million)
38. Ocwen Financial 2014 ($2,127 million)
39. JPMorgan 2014 - OCC/SDNY ($2,050 million)
40. Wells Fargo 2013 - OCC ($1,991 million)
41. Wells Fargo 2018 ($2,090 million)
42. Barclays 2018 ($2,000 million)
43. Mosaic Fertilizer 2015 ($1,980 million)
86. JPMorgan 2013 ($1,028 million)
45. Deutsche Bank 2013 - FHFA ($1,925 million)
46. HSBC 2012 ($1,921 million)
47. SAC 2013 ($1,800 million)
48. Petrobras 2018 ($1,786 million)
49. AIG 2006 ($1,715 million)
50. Google 2019 - EC ($1,670 million)
51. UBS Japan 2012 ($1,523 million)
52. General Electric – 2019 ($1,500 million)
53. Abbott Laboratories 2012 ($1,499 million)
54. Commerzbank 2015 ($1,452 million)
55. Intel 2009 ($1,450 million)
56. Eli Lilly 2009 ($1,415 million)
57. ZTE 2018 ($1,400 million)
58. Transocean 2013 ($1,400 million)
59. S&P Global 2015 ($1,375 million)
60. UniCredit ($1,366 million)
61. Siemens 2008 ($1,351 million)
62. Microsoft 2008 ($1,350 million)
63. Société Générale 2018 - Sanctions ($1,340 million)
64. MF Global 2014 ($1,312 million)
65. Société Générale 2018 - Bribery and fraud ($1,300 million)
66. Citigroup 2015 ($1,267 million)
67. Morgan Stanley 2014 ($1,250 million)
68. Qualcomm 2018 ($1,231 million)
69. Goldman Sachs 2014 ($1,200 million)
70. MTN Group 2016 ($1,200 million)
71. Teva 2015 ($1,200 million)
46. JPMorgan 2013 ($1,980 million)
72. Toyota Motor Corporation 2014 ($1,200 million)
73. Wells Fargo 2016 ($1,200 million)
74. ZTE 2017 ($1,191 million)
75. Ally Financial 2012 ($1,166 million)
76. Volkswagen 2018 ($1,163 million)
77. Standard Chartered 2019 ($1,148 million)
78. Daimler 2016 ($1,111 million)
79. Saint-Gobain 2008 ($1,104 million)
81. RBS 2016 ($1,100 million)
82. Rabobank 2013 ($1,070 million)
83. Google 2019 ($1,062 million)
84. Ericsson 2019 ($1,060 million)
85. Scania 2017 ($1,049 million)
80. JPMorgan 2013 - FHFA ($1,100 million)
87. ExxonMobil 1991 ($1,025 million)
88. Citigroup 2014 - CFTC ($1,018 million)
89. JPMorgan 2014 - CFTC ($1,012 million)
90. Qualcomm 2016 ($1,007 million)
91. Telia 2017 ($1,005 million)
92. Takata 2017 ($1,000 million)
93. Volkswagen 2016 3-litre ($1,000 million)
94. Deutsche Bank 2013 - DG Comp ($999 million)
95. Qualcomm 2015 ($975 million)
96. Citigroup 2013 - FHFA ($968 million)
97. Suntrust 2014 ($968 million)
98. Braskem 2016 ($957 million)
99. Daimler 2019 ($957 million)
100. Merck 2011 ($950 million)

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