Agency |
Pre-2016 Range |
2016 Penalty Range |
2017 Penalty Range |
2018 Penalty Range |
Department of Justice (DOJ) for violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) |
$5,500 to $11,000 per violation |
$10,781 to $21,563 per violation |
$10,957 to $21,563 per violation |
$11,181 to $22,003 per violation |
Defense Directorate of Trace Controls (DDTC) for export violations related to defense articles |
Up to $500,000 per violation |
Up to $1,094,010 per violation |
Up to $1,111,908 per violation |
Up to $1,134,602 per violation |
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for violations of premerger notification requirements in the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) |
Up to $16,000 per day |
Up to $40,000 per day |
Up to $40,654 per day |
Up to $41,484 per day |
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for sanctions falling under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) |
Up to $250,000 per violation |
Up to $284,582 per violation |
Up to $289,238 per violation |
Up to $295,141 per violation |
OFAC for sanctions falling under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (FNKDA) |
Up to $1,075,000 per violation |
Up to $1,414,020 per violation |
Up to $1,437,153 per violation |
Up to $1,466,485 per violation |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – Knowingly hiring unauthorized aliens |
Between $375 and $3,200 per individual for a first offense. |
Between $539 and $4,313 for a first offense. |
Between $548 and $4,384 for a first offense. |
Between 559 and $4,473 for a first offense. |
DHS – Form I-9 Paperwork Errors |
Between $110 and $1,100 per individual |
Between $216 and $2,156 per individual |
Between $220 and $2,191 per individual |
Between $224 and $2,236 per individual |
DOJ for violations of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) (covers violations of criminal statutes related to or affecting financial institutions and government agencies such as bank fraud) |
Up to $1,100,000 per violation and up to $5,500,000 per continuing violation |
Up to $1,893,610 per violation and up to $9,468,050 per continuing violation |
Up to $1,924,589 per violation and up to $9,622,947 per continuing violation |
Up to $1,963,870 per violation and up to $9,819,351 per continuing violation |
Department of Labor (DOL) for serious violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act |
Up to $1,000 per violation and up to $70,000 for willful or repeated violations |
Up to $12,471per violation and up to $124,709 per willful or repeated violation |
Up to $12,675 per violation and up to $126,749 per willful or repeated violation |
Up to $12,934 per violation and up to $$129,336 per willful or repeated violation |
DOL for violations of minimum-wage or overtime requirements |
$1,100 per repeat or willful violation |
$1,894 per repeat or willful violation |
$1,925 per repeat or willful violation |
$1,964 per repeat or willful violations |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for violations of the Atomic Energy Act related to nuclear power reactors |
$140,000 per day, per violation |
$280,469 per day, per violation |
$285,057 per day, per violation |
$290,875 per day, per violation |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – violations of notice posting requirements |
$210 per violation |
$525 per violation |
$534 per violation |
$545 per violation |
EPA – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) |
$25,000 |
$53,907 |
$54,789 |
$55,907 |