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Company: Walgreens Corporation
Current Parent Company: Walgreens Boots Alliance
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Penalty: $80,000,000
Year: 2013
Date: June 11, 2013
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: Controlled Substances Act violation
Secondary Offense: opioid crisis litigation
Mega-Scandal: Opioid Crisis
Violation Description: Walgreens agreed to pay $80 million to resolve what the DEA called an unprecedented number of record-keeping and dispensing violations under the Controlled Substances Act.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration
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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