Purdue Pharma Sentenced to $5.544 Billion in Criminal Penalties, What Opioid Victims Should Know
A federal judge sentenced Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, on April 28, 2026, ordering a $3.544 billion criminal fine and a $2 billion criminal forfeiture. Together that is $5.544 billion, though the Justice Department says it will credit up to $1.775 billion against the forfeiture.[1][2] Purdue’s business moved to a new company, Knoa…
