By contrast, distributions for the benefit of family members from 1995 to 2007 totalled $1.3bn. This is the very definition of ill-gotten gains,” the Massachusetts attorney general, Maura Healey, the first attorney general to sue Sackler family members, said in a statement. In a statement on Monday, Daniel Connolly, a lawyer for one branch of the Sackler family, said it was not helpful to argue over how much family members received. The latest filing shows Sackler family members brought in far more money. While Sackler family members remain the Stamford, Connecticut-based company’s owners, none are now on its board of directors.

Source: The Guardian December 17, 2019 09:14 UTC