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Purdue Pharma has agreed to plead guilty in federal court in New Jersey to a three-count felony information charging it with one count of dual-object conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and two counts of conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute. The criminal resolution includes the largest penalties ever levied against a pharmaceutical manufacturer, including a criminal fine of $3.544 billion and an additional $2 billion in criminal forfeiture. For the $2 billion forfeiture, the company will pay $225 million on the effective date of the bankruptcy, and the Department is willing to credit the value conferred by the company to State and local governments under the Department’s anti-piling on and coordination policy. Purdue has also agreed to a civil settlement in the amount of $2.8 billion to resolve its civil liability under the False Claims Act.
As part of the resolution, Purdue will be required to create and host a public and permanent document repository containing documents relating to the charges and alleged civil violations. The resolutions do not include the criminal release of any individuals, including members of the Sackler family, nor are any of the company’s executives or employees receiving civil releases. Today’s resolution does not resolve claims that states may have against Purdue nor does it impede the Debtors’ ability to recover fraudulent transfers
https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/justice-department-announces-global-resolution-criminal-and-civil-investigations-opioid-0