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Investigative Press Release
Jan
13
2020

Former Vice President of Insys Therapeutics Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy

Defendant is the first executive to be sentenced in connection with conspiracy to bribe medical practitioners to prescribe a highly-addictive opioid

BOSTON – The former Vice President of Managed Markets for Insys Therapeutics was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in conspiring to bribe practitioners to prescribe fentanyl-based pain medication, often when medically unnecessary.

Michael J. Gurry, 56, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 33 months in prison, three years of supervised release, restitution to be determined at a later date, and ordered to pay approximately $3.6 million in forfeiture. The government recommended a sentence of 132 months in prison. In May 2019, Gurry was

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