The settlement includes three felony guilty pleas, a $3.54 billion criminal fine, a $2 billion forfeiture and $2.8 billion in civil liability damages. However, none of Purdue Pharma's executives or members of the Sackler family will serve prison time.
'Just as tobacco executives answered to the nation under oath about their misconduct, so should the Sacklers,' Goldin reminded the country in a powerful op-ed this week.