Authorities: Cardiologist Tried to Have Rival Doctor Killed
Source: Associated Press
Authorities: Cardiologist Tried to Have Rival Doctor Killed
MINEOLA, N.Y. Apr 15, 2015, 7:34 PM ET
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press
A Long Island cardiologist had the office of another doctor torched, then hired someone who turned out to be an undercover police officer in a failed attempt to have the doctor hurt or killed, authorities said Wednesday.
Dr. Anthony J. Moschetto allegedly used drugs, guns and blank prescriptions as currency while trying to have the other doctor harmed amid a professional dispute, investigators said. Moschetto first allegedly hired two men to set fire to the man's office; it happened beneath a sprinkler and damage was minimal, prosecutors said.
"He was willing to pay $5,000 to have him beaten and put in the hospital for a couple of months and pay $20,000 to have him killed," Nassau County Assistant District Attorney Anne Donnelly said of Moschetto's intentions. "He wanted to put him out of business so he could get his business." Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas said "luckily for this victim," Moschetto was stopped.
Investigators who went to Moschetto's home in Sands Point on Long Island's Gold Coast one of the nation's wealthiest areas found a weapons cache in a secret room that was accessed through a motorized bookshelf, they said. The weapons, which included dozens of knives, guns and a hand grenade, were displayed at a news conference Wednesday. Possible charges for the stash have not yet been announced.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cardiologist-charged-failed-murder-hire-plot-30336687
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Dr. Anthony J. Moschetto
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)Unexploded Scotsman
(50 posts)And I mean that in the strictly operatic sense, of course!
7962
(11,841 posts)forest444
(5,902 posts)Dr. Moschetto's heartbeat:
Bada-bing, bada-boom.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)docs in for trumped up fraud or quality issues. Murder seems excessive, but doesn't surprise me.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Beakybird
(3,334 posts)It's poetic justice that the victim will get the perpetrator's business.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Sorry...
quadrature
(2,049 posts)more work for people in law enforcement.
I love a happy ending.
Larry Engels
(387 posts)Dr. Moschetto is living out his own personal movie script.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Blood-brothers (on the other hand), are governed by a different coda than doctors are. In the following case it was: ''Cain Setup Abel''
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K&R
olddots
(10,237 posts)well maybe we used to .