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Ten largest fines to date.

Amount Company or person fined Date What was the fine for? Compensation
£17,000,000 Shell Transport and Trading Company, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies 24/08/04 Market abuse  
£13,900,000 Citigroup Global Markets Limited 28/06/05 Breaching FSA Principles 2 and 3 by failing to conduct its business with due skill, care and dilligance  
£6,363,643 Deutsche Bank AG 11/04/06 Breaching FSA Principle 5 and Principle 2  
£5,600,000 Credit Suisse 13/08/08 for breaching FSA Principles 2 and 3 by failing to conduct their business with due skill, care and diligence and failing to organise and control their business effectively  
£4,000,000 Credit Suisse First Boston International 19/12/02 Attempting to mislead the Japanese regulatory and tax authorities  
£2,320,000 Abbey National companies £2M - Abbey National PLc; and £320K Abbey National Asset Managers Ltd 10/12/03 Abbey National Plc: breaches of the money laundering rules; Abbey National Asset Managers: systems and controls breaches Abbey National Asset Managers: £300,000 to a small number of clients.
£1,900,000 LLoyds TSB Bank plc 25/09/03 Unsuitable sales of high income bond Approximately £98 million
£1,350,000 Royal & Sun Alliance Group 27/08/02 Pensions review failings Redress exceeding £32 million
£1,260,000 Norwich Union Life 17/12/07 For not having effective systems and controls in place to protect consumers' confidential information and manage its financial crime risks.  
£1,250,000 Bank of Scotland plc 15/01/04 Breaches of the money laundering rules  
£1,250,000 Northern Bank 07/08/03 Breaches of the money laundering rules