Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor is accused ofhelping fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic by bribing doctors to prescribe a powerful form offentanyl to patients who didn’t need the potent drug.

Kapoor, 74, was arrested Thursday in Arizona and charged withracketeering conspiracy and other felonies. He’s scheduled toappear in a Phoenix court later in the day.

Kapoor and other formerInsys executives are also accused of defrauding insurance companiesthat were reluctant to approve payments for the drug by improperlygetting prior authorization directly from the insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, Acting U.S. AttorneyWilliam Weinreb in Boston said in a press release.

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