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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Meijer Inc.
Current Parent Company: Meijer
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Penalty: $3,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: December 8, 2009
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Meijer notified the federal government that it had employed four pharmacists who were barred from participation in the Medicaid and Medicare programs. The company agreed to pay a penalty of $3 million.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Western District of Michigan
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Michigan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-supermarkets
Source of Data: Meijer Resolves Voluntary Disclosure of Past Employment of Excluded Pharmacists, Targeted News Service, December 8, 2009 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.