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Company: Reckitt Benckiser Group plc
Current Parent Company: Reckitt Benckiser
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Penalty: $1,347,000,000
Year: 2019
Date: July 11, 2019
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: Controlled Substances Act violation
Secondary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Opioid Crisis
Violation Description: Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC agreed to pay more than $1.3 billion to resolve its potential criminal and civil liability related to a federal investigation of the marketing of the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Western District of Virginia
Civil or Criminal Case: civil and criminal
Prosecution Agreement: non-prosecution agreement
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: household and personal care products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: personal care products
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