Oct. 26 (UPI) -- The billionaire founder of one of the nation's leading pharmaceutical companies was arrested by federal agents today for allegedly bribing doctors into prescribing a highly addictive opioid pain medication, the Department of Justice said.
John Kapoor, the founder and CEO of Insys Therapeutics, Inc., is accused of "leading a nationwide conspiracy to profit by using bribes and fraud to cause the illegal distribution of Subsys, a powerful Fentanyl spray intended for cancer patients experiencing breakthrough pain," the DOJ said.