Walgreens paying $106.8 million to settle US charges over prescription billing fraud

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Walgreens Boots Alliance agreed to pay $106.8 million to settle charges it fraudulently billed the U.S. government for prescriptions that were never dispensed, the Department of Justice said on Friday. The Justice Department said Walgreens violated the federal False Claims Act between 2009 and 2020 by submitting payment claims to…

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Cyberattacks on US utilities surged 70% this year, says Check Point

By Seher Dareen and Vallari Srivastava (Reuters) – U.S. utilities faced a near 70% jump in cyberattacks this year over the same period in 2023, according to data from Check Point Research, underlining the escalating threat to a critical infrastructure. The utilities and power infrastructure across the U.S. are becoming increasingly vulnerable as the grid…

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