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Eugene

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Tue Jan 21, 2020, 08:08 PM Jan 2020

Insys Therapeutics: Ex-drug execs get over 2 years in prison for bribery scheme

Source: Associated Press

Ex-drug execs get over 2 years in prison for bribery scheme

January 21, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — Two former drug company executives were sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in federal prison in a bribery and kickbacks scheme that prosecutors say helped fuel the opioid crisis.

Richard Simon, a Seal Beach, California, resident and the former national sales director at Insys Therapeutics, was sentenced in federal court in Boston to 33 months in prison.

Joseph Rowan, a Panama City, Florida, resident and former regional sales director for the Chandler, Arizona-based company, was sentenced to 27 months.

Each was also ordered to serve three years of probation after prison time, forfeit more than $2 million and pay restitution, which will be determined later.

Prosecutors had sought more than 10 years in prison for each, while lawyers for the two had argued for a year or less. Simon’s attorney declined to comment. Rowan’s attorney didn’t respond to an email seeking comment.

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