He attempted to obstruct an investigation into the relationship between his former employer and OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma.
Mar 9th, 2021
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty in federal court in Vermont on Monday to attempting to obstruct a federal investigation into the relationship between his former employer and OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, federal prosecutors said.
As director of national accounts for Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based health information technology company, in 2015 and 2016, Steven Mack, of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, was the point of contact between the company and Purdue Pharma regarding investigations, the U.S. attorney s office for Vermont said.
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Vermont Business Magazine Today Steven Mack, 46, of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before Judge William K. Sessions III of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont to one count of attempting to obstruct a federal investigation into the relationship between Mack’s former employer, Practice Fusion, Inc, and Purdue Pharma LP, the seller of extended release opioid products, including OxyContin.
As explained during the plea hearing, in 2015 and 2016 Mack was the Director of National Accounts for Practice Fusion, an electronic medical record (EMR) company. In that position, Mack was a principal point of contact between Practice Fusion and Purdue Pharma with regard to the subject of the investigations. Mack admitted deleting from his company-issued laptop hundreds of computer files relevant to the investigation, with the intent to obstruct the investigation by impairing the integrity and availability of those records.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty in federal court in Vermont on Monday to attempting to obstruct a federal investigation into the relationship between his former employer and OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, federal prosecutors said.
As director of national accounts for Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based health information technology company, in 2015 and 2016, Steven Mack, of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, was the point of contact between the company and Purdue Pharma regarding investigations, the U.S. attorney s office for Vermont said.
“Steve Mack criminally interfered with our investigations into the significant criminal conduct of both Purdue Pharma and Practice Fusion,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Jonathan Ophardt in a statement. “This Office will hold individuals responsible for their roles in corporate malfeasance, and we will not tolerate efforts by a