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Extortion Plot Threatens to Divulge Millions of Patients’ Prescriptions

A St. Louis company managing medical prescriptions of 50 million people says it has alerted the FBI of an extortion plot threatening to divulge the names and prescriptions of millions of its clients. Express Scripts says it received a letter announcing the plot, which seeks an undisclosed amount of money.

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