The Michael Mastromarino case stands as one of the most disturbing criminal matters in American legal history. A former New Jersey dentist, Mastromarino ran an illegal body harvesting operation that removed bone, skin, and tissue from corpses without consent, then sold the material to transplant companies. More than 10,000 patients received tainted tissue before authorities shut down his scheme.
This category covers every angle of the case, from his fall from licensed dental surgeon to convicted body broker, to the investigation by the NYPD and the Brooklyn District Attorney that ended his operation. You can read the full story in our detailed article, Michael Mastromarino: The Bone Snatcher.
Cases like this raise serious questions about charges, sentencing, and the appellate process that follows high profile convictions. Our criminal defense appeals lawyers handle complex matters at both state and federal levels, including federal appeals and post conviction relief.
Browse the articles below to understand how the Mastromarino case unfolded, what it changed in tissue bank regulation, and the legal lessons it left behind.
Table of Contents The Non-Transplant Tissue Bank Industry From Dentist to Drug Addict The Body Broker: Turning Cadavers into Cash Replacing Human Bone with Plumbing Pipes The 10,000 Victims of Tainted Transplants How the NYPD Caught the Dentist Michael Mastromarino’s Wife Karmic Justice: Death by Bone Cancer Summary Former dentist Michael Mastromarino ran an illegal […]
