U.S. News

Prosecutors: Sackler Family Transferred $1 Billion as Concerns Over OxyContin Legal Threats Grew

SHELL GAME

The attorney general’s office said they found billions in transfers to shell companies by the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.

Julia Arciga
Julia Arciga 

Reporter

GettyImages-1134500898_lbu5s2
Drew Angerer/Getty
Julia Arciga

Julia Arciga

Reporter

JuliaArciga

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.

Trending Now
U.S. NewsBezos Rips Report That He’s Marrying Lauren Sanchez in $600 Million Wedding Next Weekend
Tom Sykes
PoliticsChris Christie Predicts What Will Cause Demise of Musk-Trump Bromance
Amethyst Martinez
U.S. NewsBlake Lively Pulled Out of Hosting ‘SNL’ Premiere Over ‘It Ends With Us’ Scandal
Jackie Salo
PoliticsMissing Rep’s Whereabouts Revealed After Six-Month Absence on Capitol Hill
Yasmeen Hamadeh
RoyalistRoyal Christmas Unity in Tatters as Prince Andrew Scandal Splits His Own Family
Tom Sykes