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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
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?
by authority- Gambling Commission €76.2m 61 % · 15 cases
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) €19.8m 16 % · 43 cases
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) €17.6m 14 % · 3 cases
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) €4.83m 4 % · 1 case
- Leeds Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive) €2.85m 2 % · 1 case
- HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) €1.34m 1 % · 1 case
- HM Treasury, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) €562,409 0 % · 2 cases
- Department for Business and Trade (DBT) und HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme €561,854 0 % · 1 case
- Environment Agency €496,364 0 % · 1 case
- Preston Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency) €92,442 0 % · 1 case
- 4 more€155,506
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing €72.9m 59 % · 14 cases
- Data protection €19.8m 16 % · 39 cases
- Capital markets and financial supervision €17.6m 14 % · 2 cases
- Consumer protection and online retail €8.15m 7 % · 3 cases
- Health and safety and employment law €3.48m 3 % · 4 cases
- Sanctions and export control €1.91m 2 % · 3 cases
- Environment and sustainability €591,988 0 % · 3 cases
- Whistleblower protection €82,264 0 % · 2 cases
- Information security and cyber – 0 % · 4 cases
Who?
by company- Anonymised companies €70.7m 57 % · 42 cases
- Capita plc und Capita Pension Solutions Limited €16.1m 13 % · 1 case
- Platinum Gaming Limited €11.5m 9 % · 1 case
- Evolution Malta Holding Limited €5.57m 4 % · 1 case
- Automobile Association Developments Limited (AA Driving School, BSM Driving School) €4.83m 4 % · 1 case
- Biffa Waste Services Ltd €2.85m 2 % · 1 case
- Spreadex Limited €2.38m 2 % · 1 case
- PPB Entertainment Limited, PPB Counterparty Services Limited, Betfair Casino Limited u. a. (4 Lizenznehmer, Paddy Power Betfair) €2.28m 2 % · 1 case
- AG Communications Limited €1.43m 1 % · 1 case
- Britischer Exporteur (von HMRC nicht genannt, anonymisiert) €1.34m 1 % · 1 case
- 23 more€5.68m
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | €749,848 |
| 2023 | 22 | €51.2m |
| 2024 | 14 | €19.4m |
| 2025 | 17 | €39.8m |
| 2026 | 13 | €13.3m |
74 cases
14 Sep 2026 Fire Protection Recycling LimitedFire extinguisher explodes fatally during recycling – 40,000 GBP fine €46,730
While decommissioned powder extinguishers were being discharged in Oldbury in 2023, a cartridge-type extinguisher exploded and struck a 37-year-old employee on the head, fatally injuring him. There was no risk assessment, no safe system of work, no suitable storage and no restraint system for discharging; the recycling business (20 employees according to its annual accounts) was fined 40,000 GBP plus 17,034.25 GBP in costs.
Carry out a documented risk assessment even for routine work with pressurised containers and provide technical restraints – experience is no substitute for a safeguard.
- Authority / court
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 2(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Published
- 17 Sep 2026
Original amount 40,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Sep 2026.
- Fire extinguisher recycling company fined after 'thoughtful and kind' man killed at work (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Fire Protection Recycling Limited (07249428) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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20 Aug 2026 QuinnBet (Gibraltar) LimitedQuinnBet: £415,986 over anti-money laundering and financial vulnerability check failings €485,256
The operator of quinnbet.com will pay £415,986 in lieu of a financial penalty to the Consolidated Fund (the UK Government's general account) under a settlement and contribute to the Commission's investigation costs. The settlement also includes a disgorgement of £193,118, which is not included in the amount shown. A compliance assessment found breaches of the anti-money laundering licence condition LC 12.1.1 paras. 2 and 3 (March 2023 to August 2025) and of the customer interaction requirements under SRCP 3.4.3; following an error during a platform migration, some of the required financial vulnerability checks under SRCP 3.4.4 were also not carried out between February and May 2025. It is the first enforcement action against the company.
Financial vulnerability checks are a licence requirement that must continue without gaps, including during technical changeovers.
Financial vulnerability checks and AML controls in online betting
- Authority / court
- Gambling Commission
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- s. 116 Gambling Act 2005; LC 12.1.1 Abs. 2 und 3, SRCP 3.4.3 und SRCP 3.4.4 Abs. 1 der Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- No previous enforcement action, a swift action plan, full cooperation, early voluntary reporting of some of the failings, voluntary divestment of the funds gained from them and early acceptance of the failings.
- Published
- 20 Aug 2026
Original amount 415,986 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Aug 2026.
- Gambling Commission, Register of regulatory actions: QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited (Settlement 20.08.2026) Enforcement database of an authority
- Gambling Commission: QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited Public Statement Decision of an authority
- Gambling Commission: QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited to pay £609,104 for regulatory failures (20.08.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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20 Aug 2026 Truro Sawmills LimitedCornwall sawmill ignores three improvement notices: 20,000 GBP €23,330
According to the HSE, the sawmill failed to protect employees from wood dust (no face-fit testing for respiratory protective equipment, no health surveillance) and let staff drive lift trucks without training; three improvement notices from the HSE (Health and Safety Executive, Britain's workplace safety regulator) were not complied with. The court fined the company, a micro-entity, 20,000 GBP plus 5,000 GBP in costs.
Treat improvement notices from the regulator as binding deadlines, not recommendations; ignoring them risks a fine.
Lift truck training and protection against wood dust
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Truro Crown Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 2(1) und Section 33(1)(g) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 21 Aug 2026
Original amount 20,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Aug 2026.
- HSE, Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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23 Jul 2026 Evolution Malta Holding LimitedEvolution: £4.75m because its own games ran on unlicensed sites accessible in GB €5.57m
The games supplier will pay £4,750,000 in lieu of a financial penalty under a regulatory settlement, contribute to the Commission's investigation costs and accept an additional licence condition requiring an independent audit within twelve months. Five genuine Evolution games were accessible at scale to consumers in Great Britain via six websites of two operators not licensed by the Gambling Commission; between April 2024 and January 2025, its risk assessment and its anti-money laundering policies and controls did not adequately address risks arising from business partners in particular (LC 12.1.1, LC 12.1.2). After the Commission notified it in December 2024, Evolution immediately and permanently blocked the games for users in Great Britain.
B2B suppliers must monitor where their products are actually offered and stop their use by unlicensed operators.
Control over the distribution of own products to unlicensed operators
- Authority / court
- Gambling Commission
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- s. 116 Gambling Act 2005; LC 12.1.1 Abs. 1–3 und LC 12.1.2 der Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP); Reg. 18, 19(1)(a) und 28(1) Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Mitigating circumstances
- A swift action plan with progress updates, full cooperation with the investigation and early acceptance of the failings.
- Published
- 23 Jul 2026
Original amount 4,750,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.
- Gambling Commission, Register of regulatory actions: Evolution Malta Holding Limited (Settlement 23.07.2026) Enforcement database of an authority
- Gambling Commission: Evolution Malta Holding Limited Public Statement Decision of an authority
- Gambling Commission: Evolution Malta Holding Limited to pay £4.75m (23.07.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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8 Jul 2026 Hutchison Technologies LtdTribunal: Hutchison Technologies dismissed employee after she raised holiday pay concerns Other
An employee of the Dundee-based electrical services provider for gyms (around 140 employees) had pointed out that the technicians' holiday pay was being calculated incorrectly; a few days later her home working arrangement was withdrawn, and on 11 June 2025 she was dismissed. The Employment Tribunal upheld her claims for automatically unfair dismissal (s. 103A) and detriment (s. 47B); compensation will be decided separately.
Employers who worsen working conditions shortly after a disclosure must be able to prove a documented reason unrelated to the disclosure.
How managers handle internal reports
- Authority / court
- Employment Tribunal
- Area of law
- Whistleblower protection · Retaliation against whistleblowers
- Legal basis
- Employment Rights Act 1996, ss. 43B, 47B, 103A
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- 50 to 249
- Published
- 23 Jul 2026
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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30 Jun 2026 Petfre (Gibraltar) LimitedPetfre (Gibraltar): £900,000 over inadequate customer interaction in online gambling €1.04m
Following a compliance assessment in May and June 2024, the operator of betfred.com will pay £900,000 in lieu of a financial penalty to the Consolidated Fund (the UK Government's general account) under a settlement and contribute to the Commission's investigation costs. The Commission found breaches of the remote customer interaction requirements under SRCP 3.4.3: automated processes to identify signs of harm and to act immediately on strong indicators were lacking, so that one customer lost a further £17,900 within 24 hours of a review without being contacted again. The Commission had already announced sanctions against Petfre in 2022 and 2025.
After a sanction, customer interaction must be improved lastingly and demonstrably, or the next case follows.
Lasting improvement of customer interaction after earlier sanctions
- Authority / court
- Gambling Commission
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail
- Legal basis
- s. 116 Gambling Act 2005; SRCP 3.4.3 Abs. 1, 2, 4, 7 und 11 der Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- A swift action plan with progress updates and full cooperation with the investigation.
- Published
- 30 Jun 2026
Original amount 900,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Jun 2026.
- Gambling Commission, Register of regulatory actions: Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited (Settlement 30.06.2026) Enforcement database of an authority
- Gambling Commission: Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited Public Statement Decision of an authority
- Gambling Commission: Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited to pay £900,000 for regulatory failures (30.06.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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3 Jun 2026 Sonus Public Relations LtdTribunal: PR agency Sonus must pay £71,052 after subjecting whistleblower to detriment €82,264
The PR agency, which did not appear, lost on all claims: detriment on grounds of whistleblowing (£20,000 for injury to feelings), wrongful termination without notice pay (£3,547.60) and constructive unfair dismissal (basic and compensatory award including a 25 % ACAS uplift). A total of £71,051.82 was awarded.
Employers who do not take part in the proceedings risk, in addition to whistleblower compensation, an uplift for failing to follow the ACAS Code of Practice.
How managers handle internal reports
- Authority / court
- Employment Tribunal
- Area of law
- Whistleblower protection · Retaliation against whistleblowers
- Legal basis
- Employment Rights Act 1996, s. 47B (Benachteiligung wegen geschützter Offenlegung); konstruktive unfaire Kündigung; wrongful dismissal
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Published
- 22 Jul 2026
Original amount 71,051.82 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Jun 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Direct link
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20 May 2026 Marketing-Unternehmen, UK (anonymisiert)ICO: £300,000 fine for a marketing firm over spam and fake bailiff texts €346,600
The ICO fined a UK marketing company £300,000 and issued an enforcement notice. The ICO found that the company had sent more than 5.5 million unsolicited marketing text messages, including messages styled as if they came from bailiffs. The 7726 spam reporting service received over 60,000 complaints. The ICO relied on regulations 22 and 23 of PECR (electronic marketing without consent and concealed sender identity).
- Authority / court
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- Regulations 22 und 23 PECR; section 55A DPA 1998
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
Original amount 300,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 May 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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15 Apr 2026 Automobile Association Developments Limited (AA Driving School, BSM Driving School)AA and BSM driving schools: 4.2 million GBP for drip pricing – CMA's first consumer fine €4.83m
For online bookings, the driving schools only showed a mandatory booking fee at checkout instead of in the initial price. Following an admission and settlement, the CMA imposed a penalty of 4.2 million GBP (40 % discount on 7 million GBP) and ordered refunds of more than 760,000 GBP to more than 80,000 customers. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2026, the company had around 6,776 employees.
Mandatory fees must be included from the very first price – in the United Kingdom, the CMA has been able to impose fines for this itself since 2025.
Price disclosures and mandatory fees at online checkout
- Authority / court
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Mitigating circumstances
- Admission and early settlement (40 % discount).
- Published
- 15 Apr 2026
Original amount 4,200,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Apr 2026.
- CMA orders the AA and BSM driving schools to refund learner drivers over drip pricing Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Automobile Association Developments Limited (01878835) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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24 Mar 2026 3R Technology UK Ltd3R Technology UK: penalty for exporting contaminated plastic waste despite prohibition €92,442
From 2022 to 2025, the company exported containers of supposedly clean plastic that was in fact contaminated with electronic waste such as cables and circuit boards; in some cases, the waste was hidden at the back of the container, and further containers were shipped despite prohibition notices from August 2024. The company pleaded guilty and was fined 80,000 GBP; in addition, it was ordered to pay 45,000 GBP in costs and a 2,000 GBP surcharge. According to the annual accounts filed with the UK companies register for financial year 2025, the company had around 19 employees.
Incorrectly declared waste exports are detected during port inspections; those who ignore regulatory prohibitions risk a criminal conviction.
Correct classification and declaration of waste for export
- Authority / court
- Preston Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Vorschriften zur grenzüberschreitenden Abfallverbringung (Notifizierung und Zustimmung); Verstoß gegen Untersagungsverfügungen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 2 Apr 2026
Original amount 80,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Mar 2026.
- Lancashire company and director fined for illegal exports Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag 3R Technology UK Limited (11188539) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 5 · Direct link
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19 Mar 2026 Busy Bees Nurseries LimitedBusy Bees: £485,374 in minimum wage arrears owed to 9,056 nursery staff €561,854
The UK Department for Business and Trade publicly named the nursery operator Busy Bees Nurseries Limited in round 23 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme. According to investigations by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the company had paid a total of 9,056 workers less than the statutory minimum wage between April 2017 and October 2022 and had to repay £485,374.05 – on average around £54 per person. According to the ministry, the 389 employers named in this round also received penalties totalling around £12.6 million; the amount per company is not published.
Where many employees earn close to the minimum wage, regularly checking payroll against the applicable minimum rates is a must – small shortfalls per person add up to large arrears and public naming.
Minimum wage compliance in payroll
- Authority / court
- Department for Business and Trade (DBT) und HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Britisches Mindestlohnrecht (National Minimum Wage / National Living Wage); National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Published
- 19 Mar 2026
Original amount 485,374.05 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Mar 2026.
- Hundreds of employers handed penalties for illegally underpaying workers (DBT/HMRC/Fair Work Agency, 19 March 2026) Press release of an authority
- National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme: Round 23 – Full list of employers and arrears (DBT) Official register or notice
- Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (03454787) – Full accounts made up to 31 December 2025, Note 5 Employees (Companies House) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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12 Mar 2026 Direktmarketing-Unternehmen, UK (anonymisiert)ICO: £130,000 fine for a direct marketing firm over calls to TPS numbers €150,737
In March 2026 the ICO fined a small UK direct marketing company £130,000 and also served an enforcement notice. According to the ICO, over almost eleven months in 2024 the company had staff make more than 230,000 marketing calls to lines that had been on the UK's opt-out register for sales calls (Telephone Preference Service, TPS) for over 28 days, prompting 12 complaints. The ICO treated this as a breach of regulation 21 of PECR.
- Authority / court
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- Regulations 21 und 24 PECR; section 55A DPA 1998
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
Original amount 130,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Mar 2026.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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3 Feb 2026 TMAC LtdICO: £100,000 fine for TMAC over marketing calls to TPS numbers €115,969
The ICO fined TMAC Ltd £100,000 and issued an enforcement notice. The ICO found that between 8 February and 24 September 2024 the company made 260,332 unsolicited marketing calls to numbers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). Recipients were also not given the caller details required by regulation 24 of PECR. The legal basis is regulations 21 and 24 of PECR.
- Authority / court
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- Regulations 21(1)(b) und 24 PECR; section 55A DPA 1998
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
Original amount 100,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Feb 2026.
- ICO Enforcement: TMAC Ltd (MPN). Enthält Informationen des Information Commissioner's Office, lizenziert unter der Open Government Licence v3.0. Enforcement database of an authority
- Monetary Penalty Notice: TMAC Ltd (3 February 2026) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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17 Dec 2025 PPB Entertainment Limited, PPB Counterparty Services Limited, Betfair Casino Limited u. a. (4 Lizenznehmer, Paddy Power Betfair)Paddy Power Betfair: £2m for identifying at-risk players too late €2.28m
Four online licensees trading as Paddy Power and Betfair (PPB Entertainment Limited, PPB Counterparty Services Limited, Betfair Casino Limited, TSE Malta LP) will pay a total of £2,000,000 in lieu of a financial penalty under a settlement and contribute to the Commission's investigation costs. An assessment in April and May 2024 found that their customer interaction systems identified signs of harm such as rapidly rising deposits or very long gambling sessions too late; one customer, for example, staked £86,000 within 16 days without a manual account review. The company had already been penalised in 2023 for marketing to vulnerable customers.
Automated triggers alone are not enough: where there are clear signs of harm, a person must intervene promptly.
Manual review where there are clear signs of harm rather than relying solely on automation
- Authority / court
- Gambling Commission
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail
- Legal basis
- s. 116 Gambling Act 2005; SRCP 3.4.3 Abs. 1, 4, 7, 8 und 11 der Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- Full cooperation, early acceptance of the failings and swift implementation of an action plan.
- Published
- 17 Dec 2025
Original amount 2,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Dec 2025.
- Gambling Commission: Paddy Power Betfair to pay £2m for regulatory failures (17.12.2025) Press release of an authority
- Gambling Commission: Paddy Power Betfair Public Statement (17.12.2025) Decision of an authority
- Gambling Commission: Register of regulatory actions (All regulatory actions) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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11 Dec 2025 ZMLUK LimitedICO: £105,000 fine for ZMLUK over unsolicited marketing emails €119,986
The ICO fined ZMLUK Limited £105,000. The ICO found that the company had sent unsolicited marketing emails for energy-saving products; the notice gives the period as 1 January to 21 July 2023. The ICO found a serious breach of regulation 22 of PECR (electronic marketing without consent). Under the notice, timely payment reduces the amount by 20% to £84,000.
- Authority / court
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- Regulation 22 PECR; section 55A DPA 1998
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
Original amount 105,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Dec 2025.
- ICO Enforcement: ZMLUK Limited. Enthält Informationen des Information Commissioner's Office, lizenziert unter der Open Government Licence v3.0. Enforcement database of an authority
- Monetary Penalty Notice: ZMLUK Ltd (11 December 2025) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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28 Nov 2025 Institute of Certified BookkeepersFCA: Public censure for Institute of Certified Bookkeepers over deficient AML supervision Reprimand or warning
The FCA, through its supervisor OPBAS, publicly censured the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers. The professional body is responsible for anti-money laundering supervision of more than 3,000 bookkeepers in the UK. The FCA found that between January 2022 and July 2023 it did not supervise its members effectively or on a risk basis; among other things it suspended inspections for more than nine months and did not keep adequate records of its supervision.
- Authority / court
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing
- Legal basis
- Regulation 16 Oversight of Professional Body AML and CTF Supervision Regulations 2017; Regulations 17 und 46 MLRs 2017
- Action
- Reprimand or warning
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- FCA Final Notice: Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (28 November 2025) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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6 Nov 2025 Lead Pronto LtdICO: £30,000 fine for Lead Pronto over marketing texts about boiler grants €34,064
The ICO fined Lead Pronto Ltd £30,000 and issued an enforcement notice. The ICO found that the company had sent unsolicited text messages promoting government-funded boiler grants. The ICO found a serious breach of regulation 22 of PECR (electronic marketing without consent).
- Authority / court
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Marketing and consent
- Legal basis
- Regulation 22 PECR; section 55A DPA 1998
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
Original amount 30,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 6 Nov 2025.
- ICO Enforcement: Lead Pronto Ltd (MPN). Enthält Informationen des Information Commissioner's Office, lizenziert unter der Open Government Licence v3.0. Enforcement database of an authority
- Monetary Penalty Notice: Lead Pronto Ltd (6 November 2025) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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15 Oct 2025 Capita plc und Capita Pension Solutions LimitedICO: £14 million against Capita after ransomware attack affecting 6.6 million people €16.1m
In March 2023, an employee unintentionally downloaded malicious files; although an alert was triggered after ten minutes, the device was only isolated after 58 hours. Attackers stole around one terabyte of data on 6.6 million people (including pension data and criminal record information). Fines imposed by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO): £8 million against Capita plc and £6 million against Capita Pension Solutions.
Security alerts need binding response times and an adequately staffed SOC – known vulnerabilities must be remedied across the group.
Handling malicious downloads and security alerts
- Authority / court
- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- UK GDPR Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. f, Art. 32
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- £45 million had provisionally been proposed; reduced, among other things, for security improvements, credit monitoring for those affected and cooperation with authorities and the NCSC.
- Published
- 15 Oct 2025
Original amount 14,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Oct 2025.
- Capita fined £14m for data breach affecting over 6m people Press release of an authority
- ICO Enforcement: Capita plc Enforcement database of an authority
- ICO Monetary Penalty Notice: Capita plc and Capita Pension Solutions Limited Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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15 Oct 2025 Biffa Waste Services LtdBiffa: £2.48m fine after fatal accident involving a reversing lorry €2.85m
Waste company Biffa was fined £2.48m and ordered to pay £5,768.06 in costs after a worker at its Bradford waste transfer station was struck and killed by a reversing skip wagon on 10 August 2023. The Health and Safety Executive found that the segregation of pedestrians and vehicles was not effectively monitored; CCTV showed that workers routinely bypassed the protected routes.
Control measures on paper are not enough; whether they are actually followed must be monitored continuously.
Traffic routes, reversing and supervision in yards
- Authority / court
- Leeds Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Reg. 5(1) Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 17 Oct 2025
Original amount 2,480,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Oct 2025.
- HSE: Biffa fined almost £2.5 million after worker crushed by skip wagon (17.10.2025) Press release of an authority
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22 Sep 2025 Platinum Gaming LimitedPlatinum Gaming (Unibet): £10m fine for AML and player protection failings €11.5m
The Gambling Commission imposed a financial penalty of £10,000,000, a warning and an additional licence condition requiring an external audit on the operator of unibet.co.uk and uk.bingo.com. Between January 2023 and May 2024, its money laundering risk assessment did not take account of accounts previously closed over money laundering or terrorist financing concerns, so blocked customers could open new accounts; the AML policy was unclear about which level of due diligence applied when, and customers showing clear signs of harm were not contacted. It is the second enforcement action against the company, following one in 2023.
Anyone closing accounts over money laundering concerns must technically prevent the same customers from returning with new accounts.
Recognising blocked customers and timely customer interaction where there are signs of harm
- Authority / court
- Gambling Commission
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- LC 12.1.1 Abs. 1–3 und LC 12.1.2 sowie SRCP 3.4.3 der Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP); s. 117(1)(a) und (b) Gambling Act 2005
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- The company cooperated throughout the investigation.
- Published
- 22 Oct 2025
Original amount 10,000,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Sep 2025.
- Gambling Commission, Public register: Platinum Gaming Limited – regulatory actions (Entscheidung 22.09.2025) Enforcement database of an authority
- Gambling Commission: £10m fine for online operator Platinum Gaming Limited (22.10.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link