Dr. Richard Taubman, a 71-year-old retired physician, and his 33-year-old son, Eric Taubman, surrendered to investigators with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday following an extensive, multi-year joint investigation. Richard Taubman (71), a retired physician, and Eric Taubman (33), a son of the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, surrendered to investigators on Thursday following a multi-year investigation. “Medical professionals have a responsibility to protect patients’ lives and not destroy them by causing addiction or harm.” According to the DEA, the father is a retired obstetrician-gynecologist from Great Neck who returned to practice at a non-surgical weight loss center in Islandia, in Suffolk County, in early 2022. ‘GAS STATION HEROIN’ BANNED IN ANOTHER STATE AMID NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWNSInvestigators allege that between April 5 and June 29, 2022, Taubman wrote dozens of prescriptions for controlled substances for multiple individuals without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the course of his practice. Officials also allege that Taubman sent the prescriptions electronically to pharmacies in Queens from his home. TEXAS DOCTOR SENTENCED FOR 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ONE OF THE “MOST SIGNIFICANT” CASES OF PATIENT HARMFULNESS. Numerous reports from pharmacists soon flooded the DEA and the agency stated that the father’s license was revoked approximately one month later. The father and his son turned themselves into the DEA on Thursday, pleading not guilty to a number of charges.
