federal authorities in phoenix arrested the billionaire founder and majority owner of the company, john kapoor. he's the most prominent pharmaceutical executive to be criminally charged in the opioid crisis after a lengthy investigation by federal prosecutors in boston. jim axelrod has the story. >> >> reporter: the voice belongs to a saleswoman from the insys drug company. she's impersonating a staffer at a doctor's office and she's lying to an insurer to get a prescription approved. >> reporter: the patient was sarah fuller, but she did not have cancer. >> point the nozzle into your mouth and under your tongue. >> reporter: subsys is a spray version of the opiate fentanyl.

medication maker facing fraud and racketeering charges amid a national opioid addiction crisis john kapoor the founder of insists there appear dix and a group of his colleagues are accused of offering kickbacks for physicians who wrote large numbers of needless prescriptions for opioid products. federal prosecutors in boston accuse the group of offering bribes to doctors who prescribe a highly addictive and potent opioid spray named subsists the medication is meant really only for cancer patients in extreme pain most of those who receive the prescriptions were cancer patients the group is also accused of conspiring to mislead and defraud insurance providers who were reluctant to approve payment for the drug when it was prescribed for patients without cancer after setting the one million dollar bail for kapoor the judge included two requirements the wearing of an electronic monitoring device and a surrendering of his passport. and amazon has been granted approval to operate as a wholesale pharmacy in twelve states rumors have swirled in recent months over this very thing and amazon has kept

john kapoor, is facing charges of conspiracy and bribery that he personally recruited doctors and helpedesign a scheme to offer kickbacks to illegally prescribed subsys to furl and more than 1,000 like her. >> the real tragedy is that people were dying. individuals are taking this drug, and they were dying of overdose. >> reporter: michael canty is a former federal prosecutor who now advises states on suing opioid manufacturers. >> in illinois, there was a doctor. he was responsible for about 60% of all subsys prescriptions, and when the sales representative went to his supervisors and said, "this guy's running a pill mill. he's not looking at patients." they said, "stick with him. he's your go-to guy." this is a doctor they paid over $85,000 in speakers' fees to because he was one of their tob prescribers of subsys. >> reporter: cbs news has identified headache doctors, back pain specialists, even a psychiatrist who received thousands of dollars to promote the drug last year. insys made 18,000 payments to doctors in 2016 that totaled more than $2 million. >> i would say that this is the

over claims that powerful medicines were being mis prescribed to these sales john kapoor is charged with bribery racketeering and fraud for his alleged role in persuading doctors to hand out an opioid painkiller called the subsidies. the medicine is seen as a breakthrough in treating cancer pain designed for patients in the advanced stages of the disease but like any strong medicine there are risks it comes with the warnings that can be causing addiction fatal heart conditions or react badly with other medicine in extreme cases an overdose can be fatal the pain killers the main component is called fenton and it's up to one hundred times stronger than morphine not only that it's also ten times deadlier than heroin according to the new hampshire police forensic lab just three milligrams is enough for a lethal dose used properly it undoubtedly relieves pain for many cancer patients however one former company employee decided to blow the whistle after it was given to people who didn't need it i knew there was something going on there i started doing some research i realized that i wasn't the

in the past it is rare though that those implicated at the very top of major drug companies are john kapoor's lawyer however says his client vigorously denies any involvement white house spokes person for more spokesperson believes that such abuse is widespread in that industry. this is vast it is a vast conspiracy in each company the same as the tobacco lobby did for so many years and got away with it it's not a matter of regulations it's a matter of and force mint and the lack of will for enforcement they have let these companies and the doctors who illegally prescribe the drugs that are supposed to be just for severe cancer and they get everybody else addicted it's not even just a matter of the the suffering because some of the addicted people like getting high it's a matter of it's illegal and dangerous what they're doing and yes there is in force meant. the french president's visit to the overseas region of friends in south america has been met by violent protests demonstrators hurled petrol bombs at police who responded with tear gas. and two officers injured discontent among the countr

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the past however it is rare that those implicated are at the very top of major drug companies john kapoor's lawyer however says his client vigorously denies any involvement before the white house spokes person believes that such abuse is widespread in the industry. this is vast it is a vast conspiracy in each company the same as the tobacco lobby did for so many years and got away with it it's not a matter of regulations it's a matter of and force mint and the lack of will for enforcement they have let these companies and the doctors who illegally prescribe the drugs that are supposed to be just for severe cancer and they get everybody else addicted it's not even just a matter of the of the suffering because some of the addicted people like getting high it's a matter of it's illegal and dangerous what they're doing and yes there isn't force meant what we have on america's opioid addiction crisis next that song being bust on international except for a few days in the u.k. where it's news told with george galloway the sputnik. moment was selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings to t

arrested for his alleged role in persuading doctors to miss prescribe patients and kill pain killer john kapoor has been charged with bribery racketeering and also fraud while the highly addictive medication is part of a nationwide crisis in the u.s. at the moment the main components of these synthetic painkillers called fenton il it is only supposed to be prescribed to patients in severe pain from cancer and is one hundred times stronger than morphine were cases of the drug reportedly being misplaced drives and given to non cancer patients were brought to light by one of kapoor's former employees. if there was something going on there i started doing some research i realized that i wasn't there to help people that i was actually hurting people medical workers have leaked similar schemes of distributing illegal drugs in the past however it's rare that those implicated go right to the top the very top of major drug companies the pools lawyer however says his client denies any involvement but former white house spokesperson bob wiener believes that such abuse is widespread practice in the industr

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role in persuading doctors to mis prescribe patients with a strong opioid painkiller guys named john kapoor he's been charged with bribery racketeering and fraud now let's talk about this highly addictive medication it seems to be part of a nationwide crisis in the u.s. right now the main component of the synthetic painkiller is called sentinel is only supposed to be prescribed to people in severe pain with cancer it's a hundred times stronger than morphine cases of this drug reportedly being misprints cried has been given to non cancer patients indeed and it was brought to light by want to cut post former employees. i knew there was something going on there i started doing some research i realized that i wasn't there to help people that i was actually hurting people or medical workers have leaked similar schemes of distributing illegal drugs in the past who ever it's rare that those implicated go right to the very top of major drug companies as this happened here lawyer has said his client vigorously denies any involvement but former white house spokesperson bob wiener believes such abuse

john kapoor was arrested yesterday in phoenix. he posted $1 million in cash.d with racketeering, conspira conspiracy. >> good morning. his company makes subsys. prosecutors say he deviced a plan to bribe doctors to prescribe opoid to noncancerous patients. >> i told my husband several times, my gosh, he must be getting paid. >> reporter: carey ballou believes she was being kept on subsys for over two years because he was getting bribed. >> he did not want me to stop taking the drug. i asked over a ten-month period. >> reporter: earlier in the month ballou sued him. >> from to p to bottom there was nobody there to say, wait a minute, this needs to stop. >> reporter: michael canty is a former federal prosecutor. >> they pay dockers to prescribe the drug and they did this through a speaker series. >> reporter: on wednesday they arrested the 74-year-old founder of subsys, john kapoor. it included kickback schemes for dinners and payments for sham speaker engagements. >> the check is written out for a speaker's fee, but it's just a bribe. >> yes, you can look at it

medication maker facing fraud and racketeering charges amid a national opioid addiction crisis john kapoor the founder of insist there appear dicks and a group of his colleagues are accused of offering kickbacks for physicians who wrote large numbers of needless prescriptions for opioid products. federal prosecutors in boston accuse the group of offering bribes to doctors who prescribe a highly addictive and potent opioid spray named subsists the medication is meant really only for cancer patients in extreme pain most of those who receive the prescriptions were cancer patients the group is also accused of conspiring to mislead and defraud insurance providers who were reluctant to approve payment for the drug when it was prescribed for patients without cancer after setting the one million dollar bail for kapoor the judge included two requirements the wearing of an electronic monitoring device and a surrendering of his passport. and amazon has been granted approval to operate as a wholesale pharmacy in twelve states rumors have swirled in recent months over this very thing and amazon has kep