Compliance Radar

Who was sanctioned, and for what?

Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€166.7mTotal of monetary amounts
€166.7mLargest single case: Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD)
€166.7mMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

16 Dec 2024 Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD)Becton Dickinson: risks of Alaris infusion pump concealed – 175 million USD USADisclosure and reporting obligations €166.7m

The medical technology manufacturer misled investors about regulatory risks of the Alaris infusion pump, which had more than 25 software defects, and did not record the remediation costs, as a result of which operating income in the fourth quarter of 2019 was overstated by 82 %. BD is paying 175 million USD and must appoint an independent compliance consultant.

What organisations can take from it

Product and approval problems are capital market issues: quality and regulatory affairs departments must be involved in the disclosure process.

Authority / court
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Area of law
Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations
Legal basis
Antifraud-, Reporting-, Buchführungs-, interne Kontroll- und Disclosure-Controls-Vorschriften der US-Wertpapiergesetze
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
final
Sector
Healthcare

Original amount 175,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Dec 2024.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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