A conviction of enterprise corruption does not require that the criminal enterprise be set up so it could continue without one or more of its key participants, a unanimous state appeals panel ruled yesterday, affirming the convictions of two medical professionals involved in an insurance fraud.
The four-judge Appellate Division, First Department panel held in People v. Keschner, 843/08, that although the scheme depended on its originator, clinic manager Gregory Vinarsky, it could still be considered a “criminal enterprise.”
