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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 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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Where?
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Who?
by company- Anonymised companies €43.6m 61 % · 3 cases
- Allied Stone Inc. €10.6m 15 % · 1 case
- Evolutions Flooring Inc. €7.48m 11 % · 1 case
- Gracetown, Inc. €6.12m 9 % · 1 case
- Exyte Management GmbH €1.28m 2 % · 1 case
- Family International Realty LLC €1.05m 1 % · 1 case
- DME Construction Associates Inc. €506,928 1 % · 1 case
- Orchids Builders LLC €307,017 0 % · 1 case
- 595 Construction LLC €268,784 0 % · 1 case
- Sioux Erosion Control Inc. – 0 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | €603,227 |
| 2024 | 2 | €43.3m |
| 2025 | 4 | €25.3m |
| 2026 | 4 | €2.1m |
12 cases
19 Aug 2026 Sioux Erosion Control Inc.DOJ: jury convicts erosion control firm of price fixing in Oklahoma road construction –
A jury found Sioux Erosion Control guilty of having fixed prices for erosion control services, allocated contracts regionally and rigged bids on publicly funded road construction projects in Oklahoma (more than 100 million USD) from 2017 to 2023. Sentencing was still pending; the decision is not final.
Subcontractors in public road construction are also targeted by prosecutors.
Price-fixing and territorial agreements for subcontracted services in road construction
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Section 1 Sherman Act
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 20 Aug 2026
- U.S. Department of Justice, Pressemitteilung zu Sioux Erosion Control (Entscheidung 2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Direct link
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23 Jul 2026 Orchids Builders LLCFlorida roofer: OSHA proposes $349,754 over allegedly repeated lack of fall protection €307,017
According to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), inspectors found on 21 January and 10 March 2026 at two residential construction sites in Rockledge that employees of the roofing contractor were working on roofs without fall protection; training records, eye protection when using nail guns and ladders extending sufficiently above the roof edge were also missing. The company had been inspected seven times since 2023, each time with citations for fall protection. OSHA proposed penalties of $349,754 (2 violations classified as wilful, 4 as repeat); the violations are alleged and may be contested.
Companies that allow the same fall hazards to recur after earlier inspections risk classification as a repeat or wilful violation with substantially higher penalties.
Fall protection during roofing work
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- 29 CFR 1926 Subpart M (Fall Protection), Subpart X (Ladders)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 23 Jul 2026
Original amount 349,754 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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26 Jan 2026 DME Construction Associates Inc.DME Construction Associates: USD 600,000 OSHA settlement after fatal roof fall €506,928
Long Island roofing contractor DME Construction Associates entered into a settlement with the US Department of Labor affirming all citations issued after an employee fell to his death through an unprotected skylight in August 2021, including nine wilful violations, eight of them cited per instance for each unprotected employee. The company will pay 600,000 USD and must introduce a written safety plan, ensure sufficient fall protection for all workers, notify OSHA of jobs in advance, allow inspections without a warrant and have supervisors complete a 30-hour course. The authority allegedly made the findings set out here; this account is not based on a final judgment.
Missing fall protection can be penalised separately for each employee.
Fall protection on roofs
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Occupational Safety and Health Act (Absturzsicherung im Bauwesen)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 26 Jan 2026
Original amount 600,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Jan 2026.
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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7 Jan 2026 Exyte Management GmbHExyte: 1.5 million USD – Chinese subsidiary arranged US goods for listed chipmaker SMIC €1.28m
The Shanghai company of the Stuttgart-based Exyte group caused around 884 US items (flowmeters, pressure transmitters, controllers) worth around 2.85 million USD to be delivered by Chinese suppliers to SMIC Beijing, which is on the Entity List (the US export control list of restricted parties), on 13 occasions in 2021/22. According to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS, the export control agency of the US Department of Commerce), the compliance programme did not recognise that in-country transfers within China also require a licence; Exyte voluntarily disclosed the transactions and admitted them.
Screen end customers against the Entity List in foreign subsidiaries too, even for local purchases – US export law also covers transfers of US goods within China.
Entity List screening also for domestic deliveries abroad
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Export control and dual-use goods
- Legal basis
- Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. § 764.2(b), § 744.11
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary self-disclosure, own investigation with external lawyers and investment in the compliance programme.
- Published
- 7 Jan 2026
Original amount 1,500,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 Jan 2026.
- BIS Imposes Administrative Penalty on Exyte Management GmbH Press release of an authority
- Order Relating to Exyte Management GmbH (7. Januar 2026) mit Settlement Agreement Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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4 Dec 2025 Gracetown, Inc.OFAC: USD 7.14 million penalty on Gracetown over payments for a blocked company and failure to file a blocking report €6.12m
OFAC has imposed a penalty of USD 7,139,305 on New York property management company Gracetown, Inc. by way of a Penalty Notice. According to OFAC's findings, between April 2018 and May 2020 Gracetown received 24 payments on behalf of an affiliated company owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, although OFAC had previously given it explicit notice of the prohibition. Gracetown also failed to report the blocked property to OFAC for more than 45 months. OFAC regarded the violations as wilful or at least reckless, egregious and not voluntarily self-disclosed; the base penalty equalled the statutory maximum of USD 8,906,358. OFAC's publication does not state whether Gracetown has paid the penalty or challenged it in court. Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), enforcement release "OFAC Imposes $7,139,305 Penalty on Gracetown, Inc. for Violating Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions and Reporting Obligations", 4 December 2025, https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/934796/download?inline; summarised in our own words.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. § 589.201; Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations, 31 C.F.R. § 501.603 (Sperrmeldung); Penalty Notice nach den Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines, 31 C.F.R. part 501, app. A
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Published
- 4 Dec 2025
Original amount 7,139,305 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Dec 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release: OFAC Imposes $7,139,305 Penalty on Gracetown, Inc. (04.12.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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19 Aug 2025 Allied Stone Inc.Allied Stone: 12.4 million USD – Chinese quartz declared as marble or glass €10.6m
The Dallas-based supplier of countertops allegedly declared Chinese quartz surface products between 2018 and 2023 as goods subject to lower duties, such as marble or crystallised glass, and evaded anti-dumping and countervailing duties, including by using third parties as importers of record. The settlement of 12.4 million USD (a joint payment with a further settling party) resolves a whistleblower lawsuit.
Do not rely on third parties acting as importer – you remain liable for the correct description of the goods; customs responsibility cannot be outsourced.
Description and classification of goods subject to anti-dumping duties
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 19 Aug 2025
Original amount 12,400,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Aug 2025.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Pressemitteilung zum Vergleich mit Allied Stone Inc. (Entscheidung 2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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25 Mar 2025 Evolutions Flooring Inc.Evolutions Flooring: 8.1 million USD for false manufacturer and origin information on wood flooring €7.48m
The Californian importer of multilayered wood flooring allegedly provided false information on the manufacturer and country of origin from 2019 to 2022, thereby evading anti-dumping, countervailing and Section 301 duties on Chinese goods. The settlement of 8.1 million USD is a joint payment by all settling parties and is based on the ability to pay.
State the actual manufacturer and actual country of origin in customs declarations; false information used to evade anti-dumping, countervailing or Section 301 duties can be pursued as customs fraud.
Manufacturer and origin information in customs declarations
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Central District of California
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement amount based on the ability to pay of the settling parties.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 25 Mar 2025
Original amount 8,100,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Mar 2025.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Pressemitteilung zum Vergleich mit Evolutions Flooring Inc. (Entscheidung 2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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16 Jan 2025 Family International Realty LLCOFAC: USD 1.08 million settlement with Family International Realty over concealing properties of sanctioned oligarchs €1.05m
Miami real estate company Family International Realty LLC is paying USD 1,076,923 jointly with a further settling party under a settlement with OFAC (joint payment) for 73 apparent violations of the Ukraine-/Russia-related sanctions. According to OFAC's findings, between 2018 and 2023 the company, in a wilful evasion scheme, transferred nominal ownership of three luxury condominiums belonging to two sanctioned Russian oligarchs to non-sanctioned relatives and their shell companies and continued to rent them out; the company earned around USD 182,442 in commissions and reimbursements. OFAC treated the apparent violations as egregious and not voluntarily self-disclosed; the base penalty equalled the statutory maximum of USD 30,080,709. USD 182,442 is deemed satisfied by a forfeiture payment to the DOJ. Source: OFAC enforcement release of 16 January 2025, https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/933941/download?inline; summarised in our own words.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- E.O. 13685 §§ 2(a), 5(a), 6(a) (73 mutmaßliche Verstöße); Vergleich nach den Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines, 31 C.F.R. part 501, app. A
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 16 Jan 2025
Original amount 1,076,923 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jan 2025.
- OFAC Enforcement Release zu Family International Realty LLC (16.01.2025) Decision of an authority
- OFAC – 2025 Enforcement Information Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 5 · Direct link
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6 Nov 2024 595 Construction LLCIllinois framing contractor: OSHA proposes $287,465 over alleged unprotected work at height €268,784
According to OSHA, in May 2024 inspectors saw carpenters of the Crystal Lake company working on residential buildings in Elburn at heights of over 6 feet without fall protection three times within one month; training records and forklift certifications were also missing, and rigging equipment was damaged. The company had already been cited in 2022 and 2023. OSHA proposed penalties of $287,465; the violations are alleged and may be contested.
Training records are mandatory, but only daily checks on site prevent falls.
Fall protection and hazard recognition on construction sites
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- 29 CFR 1926 Subpart M (Fall Protection) u. a.
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 6 Nov 2024
Original amount 287,465 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 6 Nov 2024.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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27 Sep 2024 a US landlord of single-family homesLandlord pays 48 million USD in FTC settlement over hidden mandatory fees €43m
According to the FTC, the large US landlord of single-family homes advertised monthly rents without mandatory additional fees (for example for smart home technology or utility management), which could add up to more than 1,700 USD a year and only appeared in the lease; further allegations concerned withheld security deposits and evictions. Under the settlement, the landlord is paying 48 million USD for refunds and must include mandatory fees in the advertised price.
Unavoidable fees belong in the first advertised price, not in the contract documents.
- Authority / court
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Section 5 FTC Act
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Published
- 24 Sep 2024
Original amount 48,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Sep 2024.
- FTC, Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
- SEC, EDGAR Unternehmensberichte (Suche) (Entscheidung 2024) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 27 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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21 Nov 2023 a Californian construction companyCalifornian construction company: over 1 million USD – up to 68 hours a week without overtime pay Other
Employees of the Californian construction company regularly worked 45 to 68 hours a week without being paid for overtime; there was also no paid sick leave and no proper wage statements. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office concluded a settlement with the company of more than 1 million USD for the benefit of 249 construction workers.
Anyone allowing long working weeks must also record and pay for them in full – systematic unrecorded overtime comes to light in every wage audit.
- Authority / court
- California Labor Commissioner's Office (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- California Labor Code (Überstunden, Paid Sick Leave, Lohnabrechnung)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- California DIR, Medienraum (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 21 Nov 2025 · Direct link
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27 Jun 2023 a US building products manufacturerOFAC: USD 660,594 settlement with US building products maker over re-exports to Iran by its UAE subsidiary €603,227
A New Jersey building products manufacturer is paying USD 660,594 under a settlement with OFAC for three apparent violations of the Iran sanctions by its UAE subsidiary According to OFAC's findings, the subsidiary imported building materials from the United States and knowingly re-exported them to Iran; group policy was disregarded and trade documents were falsified. The parent company reported the matter after an internal review. OFAC treated the apparent violations as egregious and voluntarily self-disclosed; the base penalty was USD 1,100,991. OFAC signed the settlement agreement on 27 June 2023 and published it on 16 August 2023. Summarised in our own words.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. § 560.215 (drei mutmaßliche Verstöße); Vergleich nach den Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines, 31 C.F.R. part 501, app. A
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Published
- 16 Aug 2023
Original amount 660,594 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Jun 2023.
- OFAC, Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 5 · Company name anonymised since 27 Jun 2025 · Direct link