Watch CBS News

S.Fla. Doctor Given 6 Years In Pill Mill Case

WEST PALM BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) —A South Florida doctor is behind bars after a U.S. District judge in West Palm Beach sentenced her to more than six years in prison in connection to a pill mill case.

Cynthia Cadet, 43, was charged with money laundering related to her prescription of millions of oxycodone pills and other narcotics

The case against Cadet was part of a broad 2010 investigation into "pill mill" clinics.

The 74-year-old doctor Joseph Castronuovo received a year and a half behind bars.

Both doctors plan to appeal Friday's ruling. Last year a federal judge cleared the doctors of causing patients to fatally overdose.

Both doctors were involved with the American Pain clinics in Broward and Palm Beach counties and were the only physicians in the case to rejected plea deals.

Prosecutors said the clinics were one of the nation's biggest illicit prescription drug operations.

TM and © Copyright 2014 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2014 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

View CBS News In
CBS News App Open
Chrome Safari Continue
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.