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Ex-doctor pleads not guilty to bilking immigrants
AP ^ | 2/22/6

Posted on 02/22/2006 7:08:58 PM PST by SmithL

San Francisco -- An unlicensed doctor pleaded not guilty Wednesday to bilking hundreds of immigrants by allegedly performing fake medical exams and injecting them with a saline solution he claimed was a vaccine.

Stephen Brian Turner is accused of taking $247,000 from 1,417 victims, most of whom thought they were receiving legitimate immigration checkups.

Turner, 51, entered the plea in San Francisco Superior Court to more than 100 felony charges, including practicing medicine without a license

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: playingdoctor
So, you really did leave your heart in San Francisco.
1 posted on 02/22/2006 7:09:00 PM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

"It's okay, I'm a doctor", come on, who hasn't used that one. Clever of him to charge for it, though.


2 posted on 02/22/2006 10:09:42 PM PST by jordan8
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