Alec Burlakoff

From 2012 until 2016, Alec Burlakoff was the Vice President of Sales for a large pharmaceutical company. He and six co-conspirators were indicted and arrested on RICO charges stemming from bribing physicians to prescribe Subsys. Subsys is a sublingual fentanyl spray indicated for opioid tolerant patients 18 years or older who suffered from cancer pain. The pharmaceutical company set up a call center that misled insurance companies regarding the patient's diagnosis in an effort to obtain a prior approval of Subsys. Alec Burlakoff plead guilty to the charges and agreed to testify for the government. Alec Burlakoff served 26 months in federal prison. Alec Burlakoff will be interviewed about his motivations to commit the scheme, and potential schemes he may have perpetrated had he not been arrested. Alec Burlakoff will discuss and provide advice on how to build rapport with targeted individuals and how payors can effectively identify fraudulent activity.