What Happened
RGIS LLC and its affiliate Retail Services WIS Corporation agreed in September 2022 to pay $158,760 to resolve allegations that they caused violations of the Controlled Substances Act. The government said company employees were implicated in stealing controlled substances from pharmacies they inventoried in New York and other states, including Vicodin taken in Schenectady in July 2017 by an employee who was later rehired. As part of the settlement the companies agreed to require more thorough vetting of employees assigned to pharmacy inventory teams. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York announced the settlement.
“RGIS and WIS employees were implicated in the theft of controlled substances from pharmacies in upstate New York and throughout the United States.”
Related Guidance
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and transactional indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to investigate suspected diversion inside an organization.