Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ricardo Cruciani was arrested this morning and charged in connection with his sexual abuse of numerous pain management patients over the course of over 15 years. The Indictment alleges that from at least in or about 2002 up to and including at least in or about 2017, Cruciani enticed and induced multiple victims to travel to his medical offices in New York, New York, Hopewell, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to subject them to unlawful sexual abuse.
Cruciani was a pain management doctor who treated patients from multiple states who suffered from, among other things, severe and chronic pain. Between at least in or about 2001 and in or about 2014, Cruciani was employed by and affiliated with a prominent medical hospital and medical center located in New York, New York, and maintained medical offices in New York, New York. Between at least in or about 2013 and in or about 2016, Cruciani was a practicing pain management doctor employed by and affiliated with a prominent medical hospital and medical center located in Hopewell, New Jersey, and maintained medical offices in Hopewell, New Jersey.
Between at least in or about 2016 and in or about 2017, Cruciani was a practicing pain management doctor employed by and affiliated with a prominent medical hospital and university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and maintained medical offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Over the course of at least approximately 15 years, between at least in or about 2002 and in or about 2017, Cruciani sexually abused numerous adult female patients who suffered from severe and chronic pain and were under his medical care as a pain management doctor. Cruciani exploited and leveraged his position of trust as a healthcare provider at prominent medical institutions, the significant pain suffered by the victims, and his ability to prescribe or withhold pain medication, including highly addictive opioids, so that he could sexually abuse his patients.
