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.
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What for?
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Who?
by company- Cummins Inc. €1.53bn 32 % · 1 case
- Hino Motors, Ltd. €1.48bn 31 % · 1 case
- Hino Motors, Ltd.; Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc.; Hino Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc. €1.02bn 21 % · 1 case
- BMW, Ford, Honda, Hyundai/Kia, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Opel/GM, Renault/Nissan, Stellantis, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo, ACEA (Mercedes-Benz Kronzeuge) €457.9m 10 % · 1 case
- Volvo Group North America, LLC €168.7m 4 % · 1 case
- Exide, FET (inkl. Elettra), Rombat, EUROBAT (Clarios Kronzeuge) €72m 1 % · 1 case
- Robert Bosch GmbH €31.2m 1 % · 1 case
- Hyzon Motors Inc. €23.9m 0 % · 1 case
- Maxxis International GmbH, Best4Tires Berlin GmbH, Reifen Müller GmbH & Co. KG €11.9m 0 % · 1 case
- Rudy's Performance Parts, Inc. €9.07m 0 % · 1 case
- 12 more€8.28m
When?
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| Q3 2024 | 1 | €9.07m |
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1 case
10 Sep 2024 Rudy's Performance Parts, Inc.Rudy's Performance Parts: 10 million USD in criminal and civil penalties for defeat devices €9.07m
From 2014 to 2019, the North Carolina company and its CEO Aaron Rudolf manufactured, sold or installed over 250,000 parts for Ford, GM and Dodge diesel pickups in order to remove emission controls – according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), producing as much in emissions as more than 11 million additional vehicles. A total of 10 million USD: a civil penalty of 7 million USD in instalments (settlement subject to court approval), a criminal fine of 2.4 million USD against the company together with three years' probation, and a fine of 600,000 USD against the CEO.
Those who run emissions tampering as a business model are liable under civil and criminal law – all the way up to management.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / U.S. Department of Justice
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Emissions and permits
- Legal basis
- Clean Air Act § 203(a)(3)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Automotive
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Payment in instalments because of demonstrated limited ability to pay.
- Liability of senior managers
- CEO Aaron Rudolf: three years' probation and a fine of 600,000 USD in the criminal proceedings; personally a party to the civil settlement.
Original amount 10,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Sep 2024.
- Rudy's Performance Parts, Inc. and Aaron Rudolf Clean Air Act Settlement Information Sheet Press release of an authority
- EPA: North Carolina auto parts seller and its owner to pay $10M for making, selling and installing defeat devices Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link