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Company: CVS Pharmacies, Inc.
Current Parent Company: CVS Health
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Penalty: $1,100,000
Year: 2003
Date: January 9, 2003
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: CVS agreed to pay $1.1 million as part of the settlement of multistate allegations that it charged consumers the full amount for prescriptions that were not completely filled due to insufficient inventory and then retained the excess payment if the consumer did not return to pick the remainder.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Rhode Island
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-pharmacies
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