CA firm sues Walgreens on coupon fraud allegations
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A San Diego company is suing Walgreens, claiming the nation's largest drugstore chain tried to defraud it in a coupon scheme.
U-T San Diego (http://bit.ly/xTGqMh ) says the suit was filed by Imagenetix, a nutritional supplement company in Rancho Bernardo.
The federal suit filed in November involves discount coupons for its Celadrin Inflame Away product. Walgreens billed Imagenetix for $533,000 worth of coupons supposedly redeemed by customers, along with $188,000 for scanning fees.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}But the suit claims the coupons Walgreens submitted to the company appeared unused. They were in pristine condition and in consecutive order.
Walgreens denies the coupons weren't distributed. A spokeswoman says the Illinois-based chain takes misconduct allegations seriously and investigates them thoroughly.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Information from: U-T San Diego, http://www.utsandiego.com