Greeson Rx LLC and pharmacist Joshua Greeson paid up to $2.22 million civil settlement April 7, 2020, for dispensing controlled substances pursuant to prescriptions from pill-mill physician Dr. Frank Bynes Jr. (sentenced to 20 years) while ignoring red flags of illegitimacy.

Greeson Rx, LLC d/b/a Pooler Pharmacy — $2.2 Million Civil Penalty for Pill Mill Prescription Dispensing (2020)

Outcome: Greeson Rx, LLC and pharmacist Joshua Z. Greeson of Brooklet, Georgia, agreed to pay up to $2.22 million in civil penalties in a settlement announced April 7, 2020, for unlawfully dispensing controlled substances pursuant to prescriptions from notorious pill-mill physician Dr. Frank Bynes Jr. while ignoring red flags that the prescriptions were not issued for legitimate medical purposes.

Greeson Rx, LLC operated Pooler Pharmacy in Pooler, Georgia. The pharmacy served as a dispensing outlet for prescriptions generated by Dr. Frank Bynes Jr., who in February 2020 was sentenced to 240 months (20 years) in federal prison following conviction on 13 counts of Illegal Dispensation of Controlled Substances and three counts of Health Care Fraud. DEA Diversion investigators uncovered Greeson's and Pooler Pharmacy's complicit role in improperly dispensing opioids and other controlled substances.

The settlement resolved federal civil claims that the pharmacy and Greeson unlawfully dispensed controlled substances while ignoring obvious red flags. The $2.22 million civil penalty was announced on April 7, 2020, as part of the same broader Southern Georgia enforcement action that also resulted in the $2.1 million settlement with Chip's Discount Drugs in Hazlehurst — both pharmacies had served as distribution outlets for Bynes's illegal prescriptions.

Primary Source: DEA Press Release — Pooler Pharmacy, Pharmacist to Pay Up to $2.2 Million for Dispensing Illegitimate Prescriptions (Apr. 7, 2020)