July 01, 2020
The First Circuit said Wednesday that Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor and other former executives can't dodge prison while they appeal convictions on charges of scheming to bribe doctors to prescribe the company's fentanyl spray, but they're asking the trial court to put off their prison surrender date.
April 27, 2020
Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor will not have to report to prison until July 21, a judge ruled Monday after defense attorneys and prosecutors sparred over whether the onetime billionaire could attempt to flee during the pandemic.
April 24, 2020
Federal prosecutors on Thursday signaled their intent to appeal part of a landmark verdict that convicted five former Insys Therapeutics Inc. executives of bribing doctors to prescribe opioids, paving the way for a First Circuit battle over the reach of the Controlled Substances Act.
March 26, 2020
An Insys Therapeutics Inc. executive convicted for his role in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe opioids is asking a Massachusetts federal judge to rethink an order forcing him to forfeit $3.4 million, saying that most of his assets are in the stock market and the court should either cancel the forfeiture or give the markets time to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
March 13, 2020
Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor and five other executives of the opioid company won a short postponement of their prison sentences Friday and said they might seek a further delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 05, 2020
Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor and four underlings cannot delay serving their prison sentences while they appeal their convictions in a racketeering scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe opioids, a judge ruled Thursday, saying the defendants are unlikely to win on appeal.
February 25, 2020
Federal prosecutors argued Tuesday that Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor should be responsible for the nearly $60 million due to insurers and victims of his company's scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe opioids, while his lawyers said in court Kapoor may "resist" paying if his liability isn't capped.
February 24, 2020
Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor argued in a late Sunday filing that the now-bankrupt company should pay half of a $57 million restitution order over a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe its opioids, while he and two former bigwigs should pay the lion's share of the remaining amount owed.
February 14, 2020
Seven former Insys Therapeutics Inc. executives convicted of bribing doctors to prescribe opioids were ordered by a federal judge Friday to pay nearly $57 million in restitution to insurance companies and individual victims impacted by the scheme, less than one-fifth of what prosecutors sought.
February 04, 2020
Lawyers for seven former Insys Therapeutics Inc. executives convicted of bribing doctors to prescribe opioids told a federal judge Tuesday that the government's $300 million-plus restitution claim is based on assumptions and should be much lower.