U.S. v. SBLENDORIO

Nos. 86-1549, 86-1550, 86-1577 to 86-1581, 86-1600 and 86-1696.

830 F.2d 1382 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vito SBLENDORIO, Wesley Yong, Jaroslav Herda, Jason Smith, Nancie Cohen, Pamela Wolley, Bobby Peterson, Morton Goldsmith, and Jopha Campbell, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent R. Carlson, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Laurie Feldman, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Morton Goldsmith was the head of a chain of clinics and pharmacies, many flying the banner of Drug Industry Consultants, Inc. (DIC). Between 1981 and 1984 DIC's clinics and pharmacies, and those of associated enterprises, prescribed and sold large quantities of codeine-based cough syrups to addicts. The clinics were selective. To be a patient, you had to have a Medicaid card. Not necessarily yours; anyone's would do. The Medicaid card was...

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