Overview

• The 63-year-old Argentine suspect has been placed under house arrest in Rome after charges of illegal medical practice and aggravated fraud were filed against him.
• Investigators say he falsely claimed to have served as Pope John Paul II’s physician and as doctor to 54 cardinals despite lacking Italian medical registration.
• He allegedly prescribed a two-year experimental stem cell therapy to a 15-year-old boy with autism, billing the family about €30,000 in cash.
• Police found approximately 400 personal patient records and numerous expired, unauthorized substances during a search of his residence.
• Italian authorities seized his online domains used to market unapproved treatments and supplements as forensic analysis of seized materials continues.