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# Sales Rep Sentenced in Kickback Case
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/sales-rep-sentenced-in-kickback-case/
- Published: 2017-02-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:06:52.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5137982

The Department of Justice says that a Massachusetts federal court sentenced a sales representative for multiple healthcare companies to three years of probation in connection with obstructing an investigation into kickbacks paid to medical professionals. The government says that **Terrence Tackett** of Florence, KY, pleaded guilty in 5/2016 to one count of obstruction of a criminal investigation of healthcare offenses.

Tackett reportedly worked for Cardio Dx from 2012 to 2013 and for Aegerion Pharmaceuticals from 8/2013 to 2/2015\. From 2012 through 2/2015, a Justice Department [statement](https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/healthcare-sales-representative-sentenced-obstructing-federal-investigation?ref=fdaweb.com) says, he gave medical professionals gift cards and personal checks in exchange for ordering or prescribing the products he promoted and to get access to private patient information protected by HIPAA.

During a 1/2015 meeting with investigators, Tackett reportedly falsely denied and attempted to conceal the kickbacks he had been paying to doctors and their staffs for years in Kentucky and southern Ohio.