▁to ▁G SK ▁man agers , ▁do ctors , ▁hosp it als ▁and ▁others ▁who ▁pres cribed ▁their ▁dru gs , ▁using ▁over ▁ 7 0 0 ▁travel ▁ag encies ▁and ▁consult ing ▁fir ms . ▁Chinese ▁authorities ▁arrested ▁four ▁G SK ▁execut ives ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁four - month ▁investigation ▁into ▁claims ▁that ▁do ctors ▁were ▁b rib ed ▁with ▁c ash ▁and ▁sexual ▁fav ours . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁a ▁Chinese ▁court ▁found ▁the ▁company ▁guilty ▁of ▁b ri ber y ▁and ▁im posed ▁a ▁fine ▁of ▁US $ 4 9 0 mill ion . ▁Mark ▁Re illy , ▁the ▁British ▁head ▁of ▁G SK ' s ▁Chinese ▁operations , ▁received ▁a ▁three - year ▁susp ended ▁prison ▁sentence ▁after ▁a ▁one - day ▁trial ▁held ▁in ▁secret . ▁Re illy ▁was ▁reported ly ▁deport ed ▁from ▁China ▁and ▁dismiss ed ▁by ▁the ▁company . ▁ ▁Market ▁manip ulation ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁f ined ▁over ▁£ 3 7 mill ion ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁by ▁the ▁Compet ition ▁and ▁Mark ets ▁Author ity ▁for ▁pay ing ▁Gener ics ▁UK , ▁Al ph arma ▁and ▁N orton ▁Health care ▁more ▁than ▁£ 5 0 m ▁between ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁to ▁keep ▁generic ▁vari eties ▁of ▁par ox et ine ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁market . ▁The ▁gener ics ▁companies ▁were ▁f ined ▁a ▁further ▁£ 8 mill