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Women seeking discount plastic surgery paid with their lives at clinics opened by felons
Florida legislators failed to act as the high-volume businesses left 13 dead, a dozen injured, according to a USA TODAY investigation.MIAMI – One man pleaded guilty to bank fraud. One was convicted of grand theft in a real estate scam. Two others admitted to elaborate Medicare schemes that siphoned millions from taxpayers.
In Florida, one of the nation’s top destinations for plastic surgery, a felony conviction can bar someone from operating a massage parlor or a pawn shop.
But not from running a cosmetic surgery clinic.
Nearly a dozen miles from the iconic beaches of South Florida, the four convicted felons ran facilities that became assembly lines for patients from across the country seeking the latest body sculpting procedures at discount prices.
Read more: https://www.news-leader.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/04/22/felons-opened-plastic-surgery-businesses-where-women-died/3501970002/
