Former Penobscot Internet Pharmacy Found Guilty

The Maine Pharmacy Board has found PIN Rx, the Penobscot Nation's defunct mail order pharmacy and two of its pharmacists guilty of violations linked to selling drugs without verified prescriptions, according to wire service reports.

PIN Rx was accused of illegally filling more than 180,000 Internet prescriptions for at least $3 million worth of drugs. It was found guilty of 16 of 18 counts and was ordered to pay $500,000 in fines as well as hearing costs.