Purdue Pharma Pays $7 Billion, Family Kept Billions More
While $7 billion sounds significant, it's a fraction of the estimated $10-11 billion the Sackler family, who owned Purdue Pharma, allegedly siphoned from the company into their private accounts before the bankruptcy. This settlement, presented as justice, conveniently allows the family to largely escape personal financial liability for an opioid epidemic that killed hundreds of thousands. How many
more 'corporate criminal' bankruptcies will let the architects walk away with their plunder?