Fake surgeon pleads guilty to operating on dozens of victims
Source: CBS News
DENVER -- A surgical assistant posing as a cosmetic surgeon in Colorado pleaded guilty to felony charges in court Friday, CBS Denver reports.
Carlos Hernandez Fernandez, 37, pleaded guilty to second degree assault and criminal impersonation -- both felony charges -- along with unauthorized practice of physician, a misdemeanor.
Hernandez Fernandez was arrested in August 2016 and accused of impersonating a doctor and performing procedures on unsuspecting women.
This was a man who was holding himself up to be a licensed doctor and he wasnt, and he was performing surgery and procedures without a license, Lynn Kimbrough with the Denver district attorneys office said at the time of his arrest. Kimbrough said at least four women had suffered serious bodily injury because of the procedures.
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(42,862 posts)... and of how "those who want to succeed will regulate themselves".
PS: How horrifying for his victims.