Posted on 01/16/2004 10:07:32 AM PST by chance33_98
CVS Says Paying Celona Was Error
Celona On $1,000 Retainer
POSTED: 9:24 AM EST January 16, 2004 UPDATED: 10:36 AM EST January 16, 2004
PROVIDENCE -- A lawyer for CVS said it was an error in judgment to pay Sen. John Celona a retainer fee of $1,000 a month.
Celona received the retainer while he chaired a Senate committee that regulated the health care industry, the The Providence Journal reported.
Former Attorney General Jeff Pine has been hired by the pharmacy chain to conduct an internal review of the company's relationships with Celona and Sen. William Irons.
Pine said errors in judgment were made by CVS in hiring Celona, but no crimes were committed.
Pine also says CVS may have inadvertently failed to report commissions paid to Irons.
Irons recently resigned as Senate president over his business dealings.
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