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CVS Agrees to Pay $315M for Illegally Filling Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions and for Submitting False Claims to the Federal Government

U.S. Department of Justice published "CVS Agrees to Pay $315M for Illegally Filling Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions and for Submitting False Claims to the Federal Government" at 2026-10-13 12:00 UTC. First seen on Kresmion 2026-10-13 17:50 UTC, 5 h after publication.

As of 2026-10-13 12:00 UTC. Source: www.justice.gov. Method and limitations.

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Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Kind: Release
Jurisdiction: United States
Topics: Enforcement
Importance: Notable, the middle of three tiers Kresmion sets by fixed rules from the source's own fields
Published (source time): 2026-10-13 12:00 UTC
First seen on Kresmion: 2026-10-13 17:50 UTC, 5 h after publication

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The publisher's summary

CVS Pharmacy Inc., a Rhode Island-based pharmacy chain, and its related corporate entities (collectively, CVS) have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve allegations that, from October 17, 2013 through December 2, 2025, CVS illegally filled prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), and then sought payment for many of those invalid prescriptions from Medicare and other federal healthcare programs in violation of the False Claims Act (FCA).

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