Prominent Sarasota oncologist arrested for prescription and insurance fraud

SARASOTA — Dr. Michael Dattoli, a prominent oncologist and head of the Dattoli Cancer Center in Sarasota, was arrested Thursday, Dec. 16, for prescription and insurance fraud after investigators found he’d allegedly called in prescriptions in his wife’s name using another health care provider's information.

Dattoli, 64, is charged with three counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, three counts of criminal use of personal identification and three counts of insurance fraud. He was being held at the Sarasota County Jail Thursday evening. A call to the Dattoli Cancer Center for comment went unanswered late Thursday.