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Pharmaceutical Executives Charged in Racketeering Scheme

BOSTON - Several pharmaceutical executives and managers, formerly employed by Insys Therapeutics, Inc., were arrested today on charges that they led a nationwide conspiracy to bribe medical practitioners to unnecessarily prescribe a fentanyl-based pain medication and defraud healthcare insurers.

Read more on www.justice.gov

Action Details

  • Date:December 8, 2016
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions