BOSTON (AP) — The owners of a pharmacy linked to a fatal meningitis outbreak received more than $16 million in wages and payments as the company grew increasingly prosperous in its final months.

The four family members, who served as the New England Compounding Center’s directors, received the money between late December 2011 and late November 2012, according to a bankruptcy court filing. The largest payout went to the firm’s majority shareholder, Carla Conigliaro, who received $8.7 million.