We’ve all heard tragic tales of Americans who have fallen victim to identity theft, losing thousands of dollars from bank accounts and having massive credit card bills run up in their name. However, a Huntington Beach, California woman has recently taken identity theft to new levels.
Huntington Beach police are currently looking for Yvonne Pampellone, a 30-year-old woman who used a false identity to get breast augmentation and liposuction. Pampellone, if that is even her real name, opened up a line of credit in under someone else’s name last September. She had more than $12,000 in cosmetic surgery procedures performed before skipping town, leaving her identity theft victim to foot the bill. She never even returned for her post-operative check-ups after her procedures.
If caught, Pampellone will face criminal charges of commercial burglary, grand theft, and identity theft. But if she was savvy enough to pull off a cosmetic surgery scam as lofty as this, she is most likely smart enough to realize that she should enjoy her new breast implants and tightly contoured body somewhere on a South American beach.
So what is the moral of this story? I suppose the first one would be to doctors: make sure your patients are who they say they are. Maybe check multiple forms of ID before admitting a patient for surgery.
But there might be another moral for patients, although I do not endorse this line of thinking or these actions. If you are unable to pay for your breast implants and liposuction, do not fear. If you are savvy enough and lack moral fiber, there may be alternative financing options available to you. You can always assume someone else’s identity and leave them to foot the bill.
After all, it worked for Chevy Chase in Fletch. How many steak dinners and expensive bottles of champagne got thrown on the Underhill’s tab in that movie? And in the end, he got the girl and a free trip to South America. Who knows, maybe he found himself lying on a beach somewhere in Brazil next to Yvonne Pampellone and her fabulous new breasts. Imagine the conversation they’d have.
If you have a valid ID and would like to find out more about breast augmentation or liposuction schedule an appointment with an experienced plastic surgeon.
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