MEDIA
Arthur Brandt
The New York Times Landlord Charged With Tax Fraud November 9, 1982 A Manhattan psychiatrist was arrested yesterday on charges that he had fraudulently obtained $249,000 in housing tax abatements from the city. The psychiatrist, Dr. Arthur Brandt, 52 years old, was accused in an eight-count indictment of filing false documents with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, which administers the J-51 tax-abatement program for builders who make major improvements in residential dwellings. He faces up to four years in prison on each count if convicted. According to the indictment, Dr. Brandt maintained that he had made improvements, which [...]
Edmund Matzal
The Associated Press July 5, 1977 Dr. Edmund O. Matzal, a Blairstown psychiatrist who was Lester Maddox's vice presidential running mate on the 1976 American Party ticket in New Jersey, was sentenced to three years probation Tuesday for federal income tax evasion. Matzal also was ordered to work eight hours weekly without pay at a hospital needing his services. He said he thought the penalty was "a fair sentence," but he is appealing his conviction. During a four-day trial last May, Matzal, 42, said he didn't pay taxes because he opposed foreign aid to countries aiding North vietnamese and because [...]
Joseph Salama
The Washington Post Psychiatrist Faces Drug, Statutory Rape Charges By Caryle Murphy May 13, 1977 A Fairfax County psychiatrist has been charged with the illegal distribution of a hypnotic drug and the statutory rape of a 14-year-old Fairfax girl, Fairfax County police reported. Dr. Joseph S. Salama, 56, whose office is at 6508 Fort Hunt Rd., was arrested Wednesday. He allegedly gave the hypnotic sedative methqualone, known commercially as Quaalude, to the girl and had sexual relations with her on Oct. 20, 1976, according to police. The warrant for Salama's arrest was obtained by Fairfax Commonwealth's Attorney Robert F. Horan [...]
Jerome Bach
The Associated Press March 8, 1979 Dateline: Minneapolis Psychiatrist Jerome M. Bach says he will accept an order of the Minnesota Board of Medical Examiners placing him on indefinite probation for engaging in sexual activites with four female patients. Bach, 45, founder of his own psychiatric centre and a clinical associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, said Wednesday he will not appeal the decision. The board suspended Bach's right to practice medicine but stayed that order and put him on probation on the condition that he discontinue practicing "touch therapy." The medicial board said Bach admitted "substantially [...]
Lee Macht
The Associated Press January 18, 1980 Psychiatrist Allegedly Wrote Illegal Prescription For A Kennedy A psychiatrist and former state commissoner of mental health was under investigation today, reportedly for allegedly writing two illegal prescriptions for drugs to David Kennedy, 25-year-old son of the late Robert Kennedy. John J. Droney, Middlesex County district attorney, confirmed that Dr. Lee Macht, chief psychiatrist at Cambridge City Hospital, was under investigation but refused to comment on details. He said Thursday night there was a "probability" of legal action today in connection with the case, adding "but I cannot be sure." He refused to discuss [...]
South Carolina Psychiatrist/Burglar Ian Gale Sentenced
The Associated Press December 3, 1979 Psychiatrist-Burglar Sentenced to 15 Years A psychiatrist was sentenced by a judge Monday to 15 years in prison on one count of housebreaking and larceny for carrying out a series of burglaries that netted about $300,000 worth of property from homes in fashionable neighborhoods. Dr. Ian Gale was ordered to serve the same sentence on seven other burglary counts, but Circuit Judge Walter Cox directed that those terms run concurrently with the first sentence. Cox also ordered that the state Department of Corrections determine whether Gale's abilities as a physician could be utilized and [...]
Ian Gale
The Associated Press December 3, 1979 Dateline: Columbia, S.C. A psychiatrist sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for taking about $750,000 in property from homes in fashionable neighborhoods said he had not anticipated the "awesome consequences" of his actions. Dr. Ian Gale, 41, told Circuit Judge Walter T. Cox III before he was sentenced on one count of housebreaking and larceny that he was "sorry" for what he had done. "It's a very easy thing for someone to say they are sorry," Gale said. He said he did not anticipate the damage to his son, his patients and society. [...]