USA v. Babich et al

  1. January 29, 2020

    Insys Founder Says 'Drug Dealer' Accusation Biased Jury

    In a bid to have his appeal heard before starting a 5½-year prison sentence, Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor said the government unfairly biased the jury against him by painting him as a drug dealer despite the judge overseeing the case deciding that accusation could not stand.

  2. January 28, 2020

    Insys Exec Can't Delay 33-Month Prison Sentence, Gov't Says

    Prosecutors urged a Massachusetts federal judge on Monday to reject a bid by former Insys Therapeutics Inc. executive Michael J. Gurry to pause his 33-month prison sentence over his role in an opioid bribery scheme in order to await the outcome of his appeal, saying a delay is unwarranted.

  3. January 24, 2020

    Insys Shows RICO As Good For Kapoor As For Whitey Bulger

    The landmark racketeering conviction of former Insys Therapeutics Inc. executives shows that the same statute used to prosecute mob boss Whitey Bulger can and should be used against corporate bigwigs, Boston prosecutors told Law360.

  4. January 23, 2020

    Insys Founder John Kapoor Gets 5½ Years

    Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor was sentenced to more than five years behind bars Thursday as victims decried him as a "mobster" and "murderer" who devastated countless families by bribing doctors to prescribe a powerful opioid spray.

  5. January 23, 2020

    Insys VP Who Dressed As Dancing Opioid Gets 2 Years

    Former Insys Therapeutics Inc. Vice President Alec Burlakoff, infamous for dressing as an anthropomorphic bottle of fentanyl spray and rapping about titration in a sales video, was sentenced Thursday to 26 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to bribe doctors to prescribe opioids.

  6. January 22, 2020

    Cooperating Insys CEO Gets 2½ Years In Prison

    Despite being a key witness in the government's conviction of his onetime boss, former Insys Therapeutics Inc. CEO Michael Babich was sentenced to 2½ years in prison Wednesday for his role in an opioid bribery scheme — longer than two former colleagues who were convicted at trial. 

  7. January 22, 2020

    Insys Exec Gets 1 Year As Atty Slams 'Salacious' Prosecution

    A former Insys Therapeutics Inc. sales manager who was recruited from a strip club to work for the troubled company was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Wednesday for her role in an opioid kickback and fraud scheme as her attorney decried what he called the "salacious details" of the government's prosecution.

  8. January 21, 2020

    Ex-Insys Exec Blasts Big Pharma For Exploiting Women

    In a memorandum seeking to avoid prison time the day before she is sentenced, a convicted former Insys Therapeutics Inc. executive and onetime exotic dancer blasted the pharmaceutical industry Tuesday for exploiting women to prey on "lonely" doctors to drive opioid sales.

  9. January 21, 2020

    2 Insys Execs Get Less Than 3 Years In Opioid Kickback Case

    One former Insys Therapeutics Inc. executive was sentenced to nearly three years in prison and a second got six months less on Tuesday for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy to bribe doctors to prescribe the company's powerful opioid spray and lie to insurance companies so they would pay for the expensive drug.

  10. January 13, 2020

    Ex-Insys Exec Gets Nearly 3 Years For Opioid Kickbacks

    A former Insys Therapeutics Inc. executive was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in an opioid kickback scheme after a Massachusetts federal judge heard emotional testimony Monday from patients who said their lives had been ruined by the drug.