But the three-judge panel declined to disturb their other convictions for conspiring to violate the Controlled Substances Act, commit racketeering and accept kickbacks from a bankrupt opioid drug manufacturer, Insys Therapeutics Inc. Prosecutors must now decide whether to retry Ruan and Couch or move straight to resentencing on their remaining convictions.
A judge sentenced a local doctor and former pharmaceutical sales representative to federal prison after a jury found them guilty of a kickback conspiracy in May 2022.
A judge sentenced a local doctor and former pharmaceutical sales representative to three and a half years in federal prison on Monday after a jury found him guilty in May 2022.
Insys Therapeutics' top brass owes a collective $48.3 million in restitution for its role in the U.S. opioid crisis. That's down from the $59.74 million in restitution the government had originally sought, though not quite the $24 million reduction Insys' founder pursued in October.
reporter: 76-year-old john kapoor is the founder of insys therapeutics, which prosecutors said aggressively marketed subsys, a potent opioid painkiller which was f.d.a. approved only for breakthrough cancer pain. according to the f.d.a., more than 8,000 people died from the drug, including 32-year-old sarah fuller, says her mother, deb fuller. they all got away with murder. that s exactly what they did. because it s more than sarah that died from this. reporter: last year, kapoor and five other former insys therapeutics executives were found guilty of a nationwide conspiracy to boost sales. it was the first successful criminal prosecution, holding pharmaceutical executives accountable for the opioid crisis insys therapeutics that is our name reporter: prosecutors presented this rap video during the 10-week trial as evidence. employees of the company were featured in the video i got new patients and a got a lot of them reporter: prosecutors say insys bribed doctors by