Good Natured? or Downright Greedy? –
August 10, 2019 – According to court documents, the doctor, 72, was one of New York state’s 15 most prolific prescribers of opioids. The worst, Dr. Dante Cubangbang of Queens, was charged in 2018 with distributing 4.6 million oxycodone pills over six years. Olivieri was first arrested in 2018 for illegally selling an undercover cop steroid and testosterone prescriptions, according to court filings.
The HIV-positive patient recalled waiting to see Olivieri in the doctor’s office. “On either side of me would be bodybuilders. I remember thinking that you never know who is HIV-positive,” he said. “Now I realize they were there to get steroids [for non-health reasons].