CVS to Pay $77.6 Million in Methamphetamine Accord
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CVS Caremark Corp. agreed to pay $77.6 million to settle claims that some of its stores in California and Nevada allowed criminals to buy cold medications that were used to make methamphetamine.
The pharmacy chain will pay a $75 million fine, the largest civil penalty ever paid under the Controlled Substances Act, and forfeit $2.6 million in profits from the illegal sales, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles said today in a statement.