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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Walgreen Co.
Current Parent Company: Walgreens Boots Alliance
Penalty: $50,000,000
Year: 2017
Date: January 19, 2017
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Mega-Scandal: Healthcare Kickbacks
Violation Description: The settlement resolved claims that Walgreens violated the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act by enrolling hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries of government healthcare programs in its Prescription Savings Club program with discounts and other monetary incentives, in order to induce them to patronize Walgreen pharmacies for all of their prescription drug needs.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Southern District of New York
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-pharmacies
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.