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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: 
CVS Pharmacy Inc.
Current Parent Company: 
CVS Health
Penalty: 
$8,000,000
Year: 
2016
Date: 
February 12, 2016
Primary Offense: 
Controlled Substances Act violation
Violation Description: 

CVS Pharmacy, Inc. agreed to pay $8 million to the United States to resolve allegations that its Maryland pharmacies violated the Controlled Substances Act by dispensing controlled substances pursuant to prescriptions that were not issued for a legitimate medical purpose.

Level of Government: 
federal
Action Type: 
agency action
Agency: 
U.S. Attorney-District of Maryland
Civil or Criminal Case: 
civil
Facility State: 
Maryland
HQ Country of Parent: 
USA
HQ State of Parent: 
Rhode Island
Ownership Structure of Parent: 
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: 
retailing
Specific Industry of Parent: 
retail-pharmacies
Source of Data: 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/united-states-reaches-8-million-settl... (archived copy)

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Parent company note: 
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