The Department of Justice said Friday that it sued pharmacy giant Walgreens for allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Walgreens accusing the drugstore giant of filling millions of illegitimate prescriptions across the country since 2012.

DOJ sues Walgreens for ‘knowingly' filling millions of prescriptions that lacked legit medical purposes The 300-page lawsuit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Friday alleging Walgreens knowingly filled millions of unlawful prescriptions for controlled substances.

A Justice Department lawsuit alleges the illegal prescription-filling by Walgreens included opioids, and began in August 2012.

Some Walgreens patients died of overdose shortly after getting invalid prescriptions filled at Walgreens, the DOJ alleges in the new lawsuit.

The Department of Justice sued pharmacy giant Walgreens for allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions. Walgreens from August 2012 until the present "knowingly" filled those ...

The Department of Justice said Friday that it sued pharmacy giant Walgreens over allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions.

The Department of Justice said Friday that it sued pharmacy giant Walgreens over allegedly dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions.