Woman claims to have a degree from "Havard" and be licensed by the "Estate Board."
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“Havard”-trained spa owner injected clients with bogus Botox, prosecutors say
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No,no,no. Llady Gaga neverd went to Havard. Your thinking of Arriana Gramde
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"I thought you had a bachelor's from Columbia."
'And now I have to get one from America.'
'And now I have to get one from America.'
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What I’m most impressed about is the lack of coordination by CBP. How many times do you need to be caught before they do something or share the knowledge?
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My take on stories like this is not that the perpetrator was a moron and got caught, but that for every moron like her who got caught, there are dozens of morons who never get caught.
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I’m surprised you can get caught importing illegal/counterfeit drugs into the country and nothing seems to happen quickly even when doing it multiple times.
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Indeed. Personally if I were caught at the airport illegally importing drugs, I might think about laying low for a bit, instead of just trying to crime harder. But then again, I’m not a sociopath.
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The biggest issue here is if convicted assuming the money is used up, converted to untraceable physical goods, or squirreled away overseas. You could end up way ahead. And this was after only a few years. Imagine if they had moved from state to state and used better aliases for shipping. It boggles the mind
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There were many red flags, and she was only stopped after several years.
Someone only slightly more clever could have evaded enforcement for much longer, which could well be an entire very lucrative career.
Presumably there are many people more clever. For a very narrow speciality, they might have results as good as trained professionals. Clients will never learn of the risk they took.
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So.. she picked exactly the right phrase to frustrate your search.
That is arguably the ideal board to be certified by.
My preference is a certification by the Commision Board, but if only the Estate Board offers the extra-official heavy bond paper certificate then you have to decide which is more prestitigious.
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XSportSeeker
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Makes sense that she's trying to smuggle drugs from Brazil... the entire case sounds like something imported from Brazil. Including how she was repeatedly caught with the illegal smuggling but for some reason still didn't end up in jail.
Just that down here you also usually have a notable death(s) and/or a trail of disfigurement cases until they are finally caught.
And boy oh boy, it's almost one case per month or so. Recent Phenol Peeling death case, horrible cases of clandestine clinics directly injecting industrial silicone, tons and tons of people who died with perforated organs during shoddy liposuction procedures, irregular or expired Botox applications all around... the list is endless.
Just that down here you also usually have a notable death(s) and/or a trail of disfigurement cases until they are finally caught.
And boy oh boy, it's almost one case per month or so. Recent Phenol Peeling death case, horrible cases of clandestine clinics directly injecting industrial silicone, tons and tons of people who died with perforated organs during shoddy liposuction procedures, irregular or expired Botox applications all around... the list is endless.
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Sounds like an ad proving "counterfeit" beauty treatments actually working tondo what it advertises to do.
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After her stay with the government when she opens up her new clinic she can honestly say she went to Pen (federal) where Drs Kariko and Weissman recently won their Nobel Prizes for mRNA insights...or not *
*Disclaimer I got my MD there.
*Disclaimer I got my MD there.
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So, what was she actually injecting?
Was she still injecting people with botulism toxin, just not name brand Botox, or was it something completely fake?
Was she still injecting people with botulism toxin, just not name brand Botox, or was it something completely fake?
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She may have meant Harvard, MA. Then, technically, she'd be trained at Harvard. Though it's not called Harvard High School. It's the Bromfield School.
Or maybe she meant the Harvard School of Sociopathy. It's right next to the Harvard School of Homeopathy.
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captain numerica
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I went to the Havard School of Homeopathy and got the essence of a degree.
Go Diluents!
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I read your post so I got an even more effective essence of a degree.
The memory of a degree is within me now.
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Which is really quite difficult to find since it has been diluted down to less than one molecule.
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She got her license on-line. The e-state-board issued her e-license.
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I suspect that keeping it to 'drugs' that are supposed to be by prescription only; but not scheduled on one of the touchy tiers probably went a long way toward helping out.
If it had been a different -caine the DEA would probably have perked up; but lidocaine and dodgy botox is 'merely' an ugly consumer protection story waiting to happen; not a righteous crusade with cool toys and fun civil asset forfeiture; so you can keep that going for a lot longer.
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Of all the dodgy certifications to claim "The Estate Board" seems like kind of a morbid choice given that (despite it being a legally valid usage in at least some contexts, I think) in common use most people think of going from having a 'net worth' to having an 'estate' as being something you do at death.
Really, a more candid low-consumer-protection society probably should have an 'estate board' for the licensure of professionals disproportionately likely to kill their clients during the course of business.
Really, a more candid low-consumer-protection society probably should have an 'estate board' for the licensure of professionals disproportionately likely to kill their clients during the course of business.
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Counterfeit is a branding violation. It doesn't mean the injections were fake, they could have easily been identical to the branded versions and probably were. Botox and fillers requires repeat applications. Doubtful that if they were not working that clients would return. Seems a simple fact statement to leave out of a news article about a product being real or or not.
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She made $900k and the two fines are $500k? So she's still $400k ahead. 
That'll buy a lot of merch in the commissary.
The criminal mind, I'll never understand. As for consumers - how to verify these claims. I had to look twice at the misspelling of Harvard, and I'd like to think I would have questioned "The Estate Board." I actually read the diplomas on the walls of the doctors office.
Still, Baby Doc College of Physicians sounds real. (see also, Zonker Harris)
That'll buy a lot of merch in the commissary.The criminal mind, I'll never understand. As for consumers - how to verify these claims. I had to look twice at the misspelling of Harvard, and I'd like to think I would have questioned "The Estate Board." I actually read the diplomas on the walls of the doctors office.
Still, Baby Doc College of Physicians sounds real. (see also, Zonker Harris)
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That would be the Harvard School of Sociopathy that I mentioned.
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