State to receive $503K in grocery retailer drug fraud settlement

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - Attorney General Jeff Jackson has settled fraud allegations against Ahold Delhaize, which owns Food Lion among other supermarkets.

North Carolina will receive $503,460 from the $40 million settlement with several states.

The company was accused of overcharging federal health care programs for prescription drugs.

Jackson’s office says the supermarkets discounted prescription drugs through savings programs but reported higher prices to Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and TRICARE.

The programs ended up paying more than they should have for the drugs.

The settlement came from a whistleblower lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania.

State justice officials, along with other states and the feds, helped investigate the case.