David Taylor, a state-licensed doctor, who was convicted Thursday by a jury for writing medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone over a five-year period will be sentenced in April, according to authorities.
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “Dr. David Taylor violated his solemn Hippocratic oath to do no harm. For cash and gifts, Taylor prescribed more than 100,000 oxycodone pills that quickly made its way to the streets of New York City, fueling the opioid epidemic. Now, Taylor stands convicted and faces 20 years in prison for his crime.”
Taylor will be sentenced by Judge Carter on April 5, 2019.
According to allegations in the Indictment and evidence introduced at trial:
From January 2012 through at least June 2017, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, Taylor and others conspired to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone.
During this time, Taylor operated out of three offices in Staten Island, New York, and prescribed more than 2.6 million 30-milligram oxycodone pills.
In exchange for cash and gifts, Taylor wrote prescriptions for over 100,000 oxycodone pills with a street value of more than $2 million for members of the conspiracy whom Taylor knew had no legitimate medical need for the drug. The co-conspirators then illegally sold the oxycodone they obtained from Taylor on the streets.* * *
Taylor, 75, was convicted of one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Other members of the conspiracy, including Vito Gallicchio, 51, Nicholas Avicolli, 54, Daniel Garcia, 57, Lawrence Montalbano, 52, and Don Michael Carim, 34, previously pleaded guilty to the same offense.