Venezuelan police have arrested a man and woman accused of impersonating plastic surgeons and providing women with silicone breast and buttock implants from an illegal clinic in an apartment.
Cosmetic surgery, especially breast enlargements, is widespread in image-conscious Venezuela, which is known for beauty queens who have won many international pageant titles.
Reinaldo Henriquez was charged with aggravated fraud while Hersi Rodriguez was accused of aiding and abetting him by recruiting clients and taking them to their surgery in the western city of Maracay.
Henriquez and Rodriguez are beauticians who belonged to a gang called The Silicons and attracted customers with rock-bottom prices.
The deep recession in the world has not diminished Venezuelans’ appetite for cosmetic surgery, with many people taking out loans for operations to lift their spirits.
Source: www.foxnews.com
