List of companies convicted of felony offenses in the United States

This is a list of corporations that have pleaded guilty to, no contest to, or been convicted of a felony offense or multiple felonies in a state or federal court within the United States, and not had the conviction(s) overturned on appeal.

Companies convicted of felonies in the United States

Archer Daniels Midland
BAE Systems, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the US by impairing and impeding its lawful functions, to make false statements about its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance program, and to violate the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).^[1]
Bankers Trust
BP, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of felony manslaughter.^[2]
British Airways, pleaded guilty for price fixing.^[3]
Daiwa Bank
F. Hoffmann-La Roche
General Electric
Hoechst AG
HSBC, pleaded guilty to 4 federal felony counts related to drug laundering for Mexican and Colombian drug cartels.^[4]
International Paper
JPMorgan Chase admitted in 2014 to its first two felony counts with the U.S. Department of Justice for facilitating Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme by providing banking services to him for decades without filing the legally-required Suspicious Activity Reports. The bank shared its suspicion with U.K. regulators that Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme but failed to mention it to regulators in the United States. Over the next six years, JPMorgan Chase would admit to three more criminal felony counts while keeping the same Chairman and CEO, Jamie Dimon, in place. (ref 1.1)
Louisiana Pacific
Pfizer, pleaded guilty to a felony violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for misbranding Bextra with the intent to defraud or mislead.^[5]
PG&E^[6]
Samsung, pleaded guilty to price-fixing.^[7]
Sears, Roebuck & Company, pleaded guilty to 1 count of fraud.^[8]
The Trump Organization, convicted of tax fraud, scheming to defraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records.^[9]
Tyson Foods
Volkswagen, pleaded guilty to 3 criminal felonies related to its emissions scandal.^[10]
Waste Management, Inc

References

^ "BAE Systems PLC Pleads Guilty and Ordered to Pay $400 Million Criminal Fine". March 2010.
^ "Could GM be charged with murder?".
^ "Former British Airways executive to be jailed over cargo price-fixing".
^ "Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke". Rolling Stone. 13 December 2012.
^ "Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History". 2 September 2009.
^ "Guilty Verdict for PG&E in 2010 San Bruno Pipeline Blast". Engineering News-Record. bnp media. August 15, 2016. ISSN 0891-9526.
^ "SIXTH SAMSUNG EXECUTIVE AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN DRAM PRICE-FIXING CARTEL". 19 April 2007.
^ "Sears is fined $60 million; Company pleads guilty to defrauding patrons with credit card debts; Legal matters".
^ Protess, Ben; Bromwich, Jonah E.; Rashbaum, William K.; Fadulu, Lola (2022-12-07). "Trump's Company Is Guilty of Tax Fraud, a Blow to the Firm and the Man". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
^ "Volkswagen AG Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $4.3 Billion in Criminal and Civil Penalties; Six Volkswagen Executives and Employees are Indicted in Connection with Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests". 11 January 2017.