Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma is under scrutiny again. The New York attorney general says it has uncovered a billion dollars of wire transfers, some to Swiss bank accounts, alleging the company’s owners, the Sackler family, was trying to hide assets as it faces thousands of lawsuits. As Jennifer Johnson reports, the Sacklers deny the allegations.
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