Terrence Kyle Tackett, 50, of Florence, Ky., Sentenced for Obstructing Investigation

BOSTON – A sales representative for multiple healthcare companies was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with obstructing an investigation into kickbacks paid to medical professionals.

Terrence Kyle Tackett, 50, of Florence, Ky., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to three years of probation, with the first six months in community confinement and then six months on home detention, 100 hours of community service to be completed during the last two years of probation, and a fine of $15,000.

Tackett pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of a criminal investigation of health care offenses in May 2016.

According to court records, Tackett worked as a sales representative in Kentucky for California-based healthcare company Cardio Dx from 2012 to 2013, and then for Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Cambridge-based pharmaceutical company, from August 2013 to February 2015.

During this time, Tackett 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.

In a January 2015 meeting with investigators, Tackett falsely denied and attempted to conceal the kickbacks he had been paying to physicians and their staffs for years in Kentucky and southern Ohio.

Acting United States Attorney William Weinreb and other law enforcement officials announced the sentencing today.

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