EBay to pay $59M to settle charges over pill presses used to make counterfeit drugs

EBay agreed to pay $59 million and enhance its compliance program to resolve Justice Department allegations it didn’t try hard enough to stop criminals from buying devices for producing counterfeit drugs.Wednesday’s settlement is the Justice Department’s first with an e-commerce company for violating the federal Controlled Substances Act, which governs the manufacturing and distribution of drugs.It arose from eBay’s monitoring of thousands of pill presses and encapsulating machines sold through its website ...