Seven requests for conviction and two for acquittal. But many crimes are now statute-barred. Here are the requests of the prosecution at the “Apotheke” trial before the first criminal section of the court presided over by judge Adriana Sciglio, focused on the reimbursements of drugs for hundreds of thousands of euros that were allegedly defrauded at the ASP of Messina in the chain of return payments, from 2016 until February 2020. Thousands and thousands of prescriptions to patients who have been dead for months, or “ghosts”, or still unaware of everything. There was all this in the investigation, conducted by the Financial Police, which in February 2020 shook the world of public health in Messina, especially that of pharmacists and general practitioners. It was the prosecutor Francesca Bonanzinga who formulated the requests for the Prosecutor’s Office, at the time it was she who followed the Finance investigation.
Here is the detail of the prosecutor’s requests: Sergio Romeo, 7 years in prison and a 20 thousand euro fine; Gregorio Filippo Cutrì, 4 years and 6 months plus a fine of 4 thousand euros; Salvatore De Domenico, 2 years and 10 months plus a fine of 1,500 euros; Basilio Cucinotta, 5 years and 5 thousand euro fine; Santi Ielo, 4 years and 3 thousand euros fine; Sergio Romano, 2 years and 8 months plus a fine of 10 thousand euros; Stefania Samperi, one year and 4 months plus an 8 thousand euro fine. For several defendants, the prosecutor then asked for the statute of limitations to be declared for numerous crimes. Acquittal from all disputed charges was instead requested for Valentina Costanzo and Rosario Palmeri.
Next hearing on January 27, to complete the arguments of the lawyers Fabrizio Grosso, Pietro Luccisano, Patrizia Causoliano, Antonello Scordo, Corrado Rizzo, Giuseppe Carrabba, Antonio Spiccia, Nunzio Rosso and Giuseppe Trischitta.