7. McLaren Found With Secret Information

The year 2007 was fine.
Total Estimated Fine: $100,000,000*
The McLaren-Mercedes Formula One racing team was found in possession of information regarding Team Ferrari that they were not meant to access in 2007, suggesting that they did not receive the notice that sensitive material is not for everyone. More than any previous infraction in sports history, McLaren F1 paid a heavy price for this flagrant breach of the International Sporting Code of Conduct.

McLaren was captured with secret information via @McLarenRacing/Pinterest.
McLaren-Mercedes was fined $100 million, disqualified from the season race, and stripped of all eight titles it had won that season due to their possession of confidential information concerning Ferrari’s Formula One racing team.