John Cleary, a former employee of Boston-based Partners Healthcare, was sentenced to one year in prison and one year probation for his role in accepting kickbacks from a software vendor in exchange for contracts with the health system, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
Mr. Cleary was convicted in late May for two counts of commercial bribery. The investigation into the kickbacks began in 2007 when Partners alerted the Massachusetts Attorney General that it believed Brian Colpak, the owner of Future Technologies, was attempting to bribe Partners employees in return for contracts totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the report.
Mr. Colpak pleaded guilty in December and was sentenced to six months of home confinement and two years probation.
Read the Boston Globe's report on the Partners Healthcare kickbacks.
Mr. Cleary was convicted in late May for two counts of commercial bribery. The investigation into the kickbacks began in 2007 when Partners alerted the Massachusetts Attorney General that it believed Brian Colpak, the owner of Future Technologies, was attempting to bribe Partners employees in return for contracts totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the report.
Mr. Colpak pleaded guilty in December and was sentenced to six months of home confinement and two years probation.
Read the Boston Globe's report on the Partners Healthcare kickbacks.