Criminal case
United States v. Siemens AG and three subsidiaries
- Authority
- US District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Richard J. Leon)
- Case number
- Not published in the release read
- Filed or opened
- 15 December 2008
- Organization
- Siemens AG
- Current stage
- Guilty pleas entered and fines imposed. Concluded.
- Outcome
- Guilty pleas. Combined US criminal fines of US$450 millionS1.
Decisions and steps
- Siemens AG pleads guilty to internal controls and books and records counts and agrees to a US$448.5 million fineS1
Claims this case bears on
- Partly supported85US authorities said in December 2008 that Siemens paid about US$1.4 billion in bribes to government officials around the world.Regulator statement, 15 December 20085 records citedBribery
- Supported94The US Justice Department said in December 2008 that Siemens would pay US$800 million to US authorities and about EUR 395 million in Munich.Regulator statement, 15 December 20083 records citedBribery
Sources
- S1Tier A Siemens AG and Three Subsidiaries Plead Guilty to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations and Agree to Pay $450 Million in Combined Criminal FinesUS Department of Justice. Regulator press release. 15 December 2008.Supports the pleas, the charges, the amounts and the split of payments. It does not cover the Greek proceedings.Link working, checked 25 October 2026