The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Walgreens, accusing the 124-year-old pharmacy chain of dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions over a period of several years.

Walgreens Boots Alliance, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the United States, is facing a civil complaint filed by the Justice Department in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit accusing Walgreens of filling millions of prescriptions for Americans over the last decade and more without a legitimate purpose, including for dangerou