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Company: CVS Pharmacy Inc.
Current Parent Company: CVS Health
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Penalty: $3,500,000
Year: 2016
Date: June 30, 2016
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: Controlled Substances Act violation
Violation Description: CVS Pharmacy, Inc. agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations that 50 of its stores violated the Controlled Substances Act by filling forged prescriptions for controlled substances, mostly addictive painkillers, more than 500 times between 2011 and 2014.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-District of Massachusetts
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
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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