>> whitaker: ...ending with a cameo by alec burlakoff. >> burlakoff: i love titration and it's not arry to say, everybody laughed, yes. >> whitaker: the opioid crisis is raging outside the doors, and you're inside joking about it. >> burlakoff: yes. we were all, desensitized to what was going on.>> wtaker:jana federal judge sentenced alec burlakoff to 26 months... >> burlakoff: i'm sorry. very sorry. >> whitaker: ...and ordered him to turn over the $4.3 million he had made at the company. a dozen doctors were also convicted of crimes in connection with insys. the company went bankrupt, and c.e.o. john kapoor is to report to federal prison in july to begin serving his sentence of 5.5 years. as for wyshak and the federal prosecution team, this case launched a new, tougher approach to corporate crime. >> wyshak: i think sometimes white-collar criminals are more dangerous than violent criminals. and, more often than not, they get a kid glove treatment. and i think that needs to stop. ( ticking ) when we closed our doors in march, wynn committed instantly to keeping all 15,000 team member

they brought in alec burlakoff, and lo and behold, things changed.arra ac burlakoff had spent close to six years in pharmaceutical sales. he would become central to the rise of insys, and its ultimate fall. >> you want me to do anything, or just, uh... >> no, no, you can just look around. >> narrator: this is his first on-camera interview, conducted under the survision of federal authorities. oo when was the first time that you met john kapr? >> approximately april of 2012. they're on a fast trk to going under. my basic understanding is lack of sales results. i mean, i come to every interview with more passion and enthusiasm than i like to think anybody else can bring to the table. and i can tell you that when i interviewed for the sales manager position, thaten intervied with dr. kapoor pounding the desk saying, "this is our next vp of les." i left thinking, "this is the opportunity that, of a lifetime, i've been waiting for my who life. i've always wanted to work with a billionaire." >> alec burlakoff, i thought, was a genius and definitely knew ho