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Billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics John Kapoor leaves U.S. District Court after being arrested earlier Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Phoenix. Kapoor and other defendants in the fraud and racketeering case are accused of offering bribes to doctors to write large numbers of prescriptions for a fentanyl-based pain medication meant only for cancer patients with severe pain. A judge set bail at $1 million for Kapoor, saying he must wear electronic monitoring and surrender his passports. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Prosecutors: US conspiracy came amid slow sales of opioid

By ANITA SNOW - Associated Press

This Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, file photo shows a field test kit for marijuana, left, and a field test kit for opioids such as heroin, right, at the Susquehanna Township Police Department in Harrisburg, Pa. In 2017, fearing accidental overdoses from fentanyl, police officers across Pennsylvania's Dauphin County ended a longstanding practice of using field test kits on suspected drugs, instead sending suspected drugs straight to the Pennsylvania State Police lab for testing. (Christine Vendel/PennLive.com via AP) **FILE**

Justice Department indicts pharmaceutical CEO John Kapoor on opioid fraud and racketeering

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times