Found guilty: A file picture shows Kapoor (right) leaving the federal courthouse during the trial accusing Insys executives of a wide-ranging scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive opioid medication. The court intends to sentence Kapoor on Jan 10. — Reuters
BOSTON: John Kapoor, the Insys Therapeutics Inc founder and former CEO convicted of a plot in which doctors were bribed to prescribe the company’s powerful opioid painkiller Subsys, should serve 15 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.
Four other ex-Insys executives who were convicted of racketeering conspiracy along with Kapoor should serve prison terms ranging from five to 11 years, the US said in a court filing. Kapoor, 76, was the first chief executive officer convicted in a federal opioid trial.
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