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the illegitimate nature of the business may be best illustrated in the case of James M. D'Amico, a dentist from Cape Coral, Fla., who had a revoked dental license when he was prescribing powerful drugs to patients he'd never met, including pro athletes.
D'Amico's clientele was far-reaching and included Paul Teutul Sr., the muscular and fiery-tempered star of the Discovery Channel's popular reality television series, "American Chopper," according to business records. The records indicate Teutul, 61, founder of Orange County Choppers in Newburgh, received dozens of prescriptions for steroids and human growth hormone authorized by D'Amico and three Florida physicians over a four-year period ending in 2005.
Records show D'Amico's prescriptions to Teutul were processed by Orlando's Signature Compounding Pharmacy, whose operators remain under felony indictment in Albany. Robert G. Carlson, a Sarasota, Fla., physician who pleaded guilty in Albany three years ago to insurance fraud for his role in that case, also prescribed drugs to Teutul through Signature, records show.
Last Monday, a person who identified himself as Teutul answered the cellular telephone for a number listed for him in the business records. He asked a reporter how he got the number and then declined to answer questions, referring the call to Steve Moreau, whom he identified as a manager at Orange County Choppers.
"Honestly, really, I couldn't do this even if it was about chewing bubble gum," Teutul said in response to questions about steroids and D'Amico. "Everything has procedure. Call the shop."
Moreau did not respond to requests for comment.
D'Amico, 58, whose lawyers had claimed is insane, posed as a doctor and signed prescriptions for two years after his Florida dentistry license was revoked in 2003.
Still, D'Amico's prescriptions were honored by at least two Florida pharmacies, including Signature. A second pharmacy, PowerMedica of Deerfield Beach, paid D'Amico thousands of dollars to write prescriptions. D'Amico's dealings with PowerMedica were the focus of his federal criminal case.
Debra B. Feinberg, executive director of the New York State Council of Health-System Pharmacists, said the Florida pharmacies were obligated to verify D'Amico's credentials." That's federal, it doesn't matter what state you practice in," said Feinberg, who has a law degree and teaches pharmaceutical jurisprudence at Albany College of Pharmacy.
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Business records show Teutul received 73 prescriptions at a cost of $51,784.78 between Aug. 2, 2002 and Oct. 3, 2006. D'Amico's name is listed on 11 prescriptions that records indicate were shipped to Teutul in New York. The prescriptions included human growth hormone and steroids such as testosterone, nandrolone and stanozolol, the records show.
