Founder Of Opioid Maker Asks 1st Circuit For New Trial On Health Insurance Fraud

(September 15, 2020, 1:31 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — The founder of bankrupt opioid maker Insys Therapeutics Inc. on Sept. 10 told the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that since a trial judge vacated a jury conviction for honest services fraud and for violating the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq., the appeals court should order a retrial solely on health insurance fraud to avoid tainting by the vacated conviction (United States v. John Kapoor, et al., No. 20-1368, et al., 1st Cir.)....

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