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Company: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
Current Parent Company: CVS Health
Penalty: $2,400,000
Year: 2015
Date: May 21, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: CVS agreed to pay a $2.02 million civil penalty split equally among the District Attorneys of Los Angeles, Riverside and Ventura counties, plus costs and a consumer protection trust fund that brought the total to $2.4 million, in settlement of allegations it overcharged customers by charging more than the advertised price and failing to give cash back on gift cards under $10 value as required under state law.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
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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