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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Do we think the emphasis in Havard is on the first or second syllable? Also, of course I got to thinking about other potential knockoff names for prestigious schools and it hit me, why has Norway not created Stanfjord?
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Her dad wrote her name down on a board, then he died. So it’s an estate board now.
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Welp, prepare yourself for more of this unregulated bullshit in the years to come.
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I'm seeing a neurologist and receive botox for a neurological disorder. Long story, but botox is actually used in medical treatments while most people associate it with beauty. He told me that a fair number of his patients come from 'beauty clinics' where amateurs expertly stick the needle straight through facial nerves. This results in facial paralysis or involuntary movements (spasms) of the muscles in the face. Given the risks, I'm not sure why so many folks are eager to get their faces and other body parts botox-ed up by amateurs in unsupervised clinics.
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So they tell her they have physical evidence of her performing injections and give her a chance to plea bargain, and she still denies everything? Well, when she got away with this for so long, I guess she thinks she can still talk her way out of it. Her trial should be entertaining.
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For the most part, only the dumbest, most flagrant criminal get caught.
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Yes, our democracy was good (but not great) while it lasted. What's the betting line on time to declaration of supreme DICKtater?
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Let's be fair - "Havard" is how people from eastern Massachusetts pronounce it.
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1. Revenue is not the same as profit. So she's not "still ahead $400K".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)
2. I would imagine the government would try to seek disgorgement of profits in addition to the punitive fine.
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It's most likely a deliberate attempt to mislead clients who don't read carefully into thinking she's licensed by the "State Board", while also attempting to be able to say "I never said I was licensed by the State Board" when they come after her.
Kind of like walking around in a law enforcement uniform wearing a badge that says "Policy Officer" while pulling people over, and then claiming that you weren't impersonating a police officer.
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My take is two-fold: the mis-spelling of her alleged credentials was perhaps the only not dumb thing she did, and second, to the extent she was a moron in ignoring the signs her jig was up, but what does this episode say about her clients? I mean, do you know what an aesthetician does?
Though, speaking of medical scams and doubling down on them, I've been watching Bad Monkey on Apple, and can recommend it if you like dark humor and Vince Vaughn in Vince Vaughn mode.
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So prosecutors could have arrested her for the importation of the fake drugs but instead they let her continue to inject people with them? Glad they’re looking out for people’s health.
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It’s not like the U.S. has much of a justice system.
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I understand that to be $900k gross, not $900k net. Presumably she had costs of operating her businesses, buying the counterfeit goods, and paying her staff. A $500k fine is probably eating up all of her profit and then some.She made $900k and the two fines are $500k? So she's still $400k ahead.
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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I don’t understand. I thought that, in America, you aren’t guilty of anything unless you admit it — and even then you get to take it back.
This is an attack on small business and deserves a trump pardon. Doesn’t apply to state law you say? If SOCTUS places limits on presidential authority… well, we’ll see.
This is an attack on small business and deserves a trump pardon. Doesn’t apply to state law you say? If SOCTUS places limits on presidential authority… well, we’ll see.
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The thing is, Botox and fillers administered by qualified technicians can cost thousand(s) per treatment, and treatments aren't permanent - clients have to keep going back. People who can't afford that end up at these sleazy spas, and there are a lot of them. They pop up, get busted, and other ones take their place.
I recently discovered a YouTube subgenre of young (20s-30s) women doing exposes on cosmetic procedures and surgery. Supposedly between the Kardashians and "influencers", a lot of young people are feeling pressure to look a certain way that generally involves physical alteration of one's appearance, so frauds like this woman always have customers.
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In that case, I went to Harvard too... just yesterday... and one day last week.
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When I was a graduate student at UC Berkeley (many years ago), I remember seeing an advertisement for a public lecture somehow related to fraudulent credentials (I can't remember the exact topic anymore, and I didn't attend). As I recall, attendees would receive a "diploma" from The University of Berkeley.
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I suspect it had to be fake (ie not botulinum toxin) - not say the crap she got from BR was harmless but the fact she is not facing homicide charges suggests it wasn't BT or it was in homeopathic dilutions.
Could have been worse she could have tried culturing her own C.botulinum or just buying swollen cans of preserved peas (that would be favourite) and extracting the toxin (mash the peas up in tap water and filter through a tea towel.)
Its a supplement so none of the FDA's beeswax.
"Aesthetician" what? A dyslexic anaesthetist? You couldn't make this shit up.
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Or, as mentioned in the comment above yours, that they get caught and nothing was done about it.
IMO, lack of enforcement on white collar crime is the biggest single issue in the US.
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She was doing this for years. Nobody, including the shady manufacturer, has any idea what was in the stuff she used more than a month ago.
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Isn’t that the official name for Harvard Business School?
Edit: Dammit! Ninja’ed by the OP
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I, also, went to Harvard…
…Illinois, that is. They have a prominent statue honoring a cow there.
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Sadly, I'm not.
How many times was the Boar's Head plant that got shut down cited for violations with no punishments of any kind before the listeria breakout? How long were they allowed to continue to operate?
We're not bad at finding out somebody did something. We suck at holding them accountable.
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I don't know - 'fake' Botox and fillers may have had some effect, and probably the small quantities that would be used in facial cosmetics wouldn't have much risk of being lethal [*] The 'fake Lidocaine' in particular makes me think that it must have worked to some degree. A numbing agent that had no effect would have pretty obvious consequences, unless she chained down her patients or had an exceptionally hypnotic bedside patter!
[*] You hear of people dying in shady clinics in Brazil and elsewhere, but they are having serious surgery involving liposuction or large quantities of filler. Not just facial injections. If she applied basic surgical hygiene, she probably wasn't too dangerous.
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