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Detroit-area woman in body parts business pleads guilty
Associated Press ^ | Mar 21, 2016 6:07 PM EDT | Ed White

Posted on 03/21/2016 3:15:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A Detroit-area woman charged in a body parts probe pleaded guilty Monday to fraud, admitting she falsely told a customer that human remains for medical training were free of infectious diseases.

The government says Arthur Rathburn and his wife Elizabeth Rathburn of Grosse Pointe Park operated International Biological Inc., which rented out body parts for medical or dental training.

Elizabeth Rathburn struck a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to wire fraud, about two months after the two were indicted. She didn’t disclose in an email that remains provided for a 2012 meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Washington, D.C., had tested positive for hepatitis B and HIV. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: arthurrathburn; detroit; elizabethrathburn; michigan

1 posted on 03/21/2016 3:15:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Hey. Cut her a break. She’s just an aspiring entrepreneur trying to start a business in Detroit. We need more of that to get the city moving again . . . .


2 posted on 03/21/2016 3:22:00 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Olog-hai

The Rathburns couldn’t be more aptly named. They are going to feel God’s wrath burn, that’s for damn sure.


3 posted on 03/21/2016 3:30:04 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Olog-hai

Body part rentals ?

Slaps muh forehead.. Why didn’t I think of that?


4 posted on 03/21/2016 4:19:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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