You were close in your conclusion that someone else could do the same thing by properly disclosing their role in the distribution. You just didn't read the case

You were close in your conclusion that someone else could do the same thing by properly disclosing their role in the distribution. You just didn't read the case that the only problem was the lying under oath. The consequences are that the defense will see through it very fast and won't settle so quickly, making the whole business model fail by a war of attrition.