A group of women is accused of stealing people’s personal information to pay for tens of thousands of dollars worth of plastic surgery and dental work, police said.
It could take decades for the victims to rebound.
Police said 11 women took advantage of the scheme to get everything from breast implants to gold teeth.
Police told Channel 9 some of the victims were young and hadn’t had lines of credit yet. Now their credit is ruined.
Detectives said most of the victims were between 20 and 24 years old.
They started receiving bills in the mail saying they owed thousands of dollars in medical bills.
Eight women were arrested and three are still wanted in the investigation police have dubbed Operation Nip Tuck.
Detective Todd Herb spent months working to uncover the fraud scheme.
Workers at Paradise Dental eventually figured out Constance Zellous was using someone else’s information and contacted police.
Herb said on top of the dental work, Zellous also got breast implants using stolen credit.
Police said Shuante Campbell also had liposuction.
Campbell posted on her Facebook the day of surgery, “Nervous as heck! But God got me!! Lord give me strength.”
“Constantly, you would see them on Facebook and Instagram showing their pictures just a few days after their surgery,” said Herb.
In all, 16 women are accused of racking up more than $160,000 for procedures.
The medical businesses and the credit companies are out of money while the ID theft victims are left with the headache of trying to clean up their credit.
“To get work done for vanity purposes is theft, and it’s terrible they did this against these victims,” said herb.
Police said besides the eight arrested and three with warrants, there are five others who could soon be facing charges, including the alleged ringleader.
Look how These scamming thief bitches using God name in vain that y wen me see them a post scripture on ig I jus cut my eye n keep scrolling ole thief
Me see somebody post this and thiefing bobby post one long essay under it. Bout nuff a who pon social media fi go do them body cause them waa fix up and scam a scam whether if for material things or your body. Im like wtf… caa wait fi them grab she
Jodi couture and Kim unu next !!!!!
Is not credit card met. They got a hold of the persons info and applied for new credit through care credit. But my thing is somebody at the dr office have to be in on it them couldnt so careless as to not check identity when surgery time come
I’m with @The Fabulous One someone at all these locations had to be in on it to let the people dem information go through without checking up that everything is legit… Well now these ladies will spend some time in jail and it could be a very long time because they wanted their body to look nice… Why not get a loan in your own name or go work extra hours or find a couple of part time job until the money nuff or get with a money man and impress him to do you the favor but you ruin these young people lives and now they have to battle to get their credit back right… But it shouldn’t be such a battle because they were a victim the justice system need to remove all records from these victims name and social so they can live a normally life….
Thieving, nah look fi add to society bitches ruin people credit.
Robbas dem nah look fi add to society and worst Jamaica nah eva see nu good from dem.
Prison mek fi dem BAD BODY BITCHES. Onu born ugly and badshaped so the world can identify onu as demons; NO amount of surgery can erase onu demon traits :alay
Ugly ass bobbette bitch you next. Stink like…..
Suh here yah…” To get work done for vanity purposes is theft, and it’s terrible they did this against these victims,” said herb.” Does this mean if dem use it buy food or summn else it would not be?
Dese women tho…di gov and cc system fi do bettah caz if dem find out she a fraud dem fi find better ways of getting these things off these victims records faster… sorry fi them hope them get it sooner than later…now as fi dem primped up body thieving gal a hope dem knock out di teeth and breast wah dem put up while dem inna jail..too wicked!!
No mon a wen Bobette do unu..? Where she drop in here??
Lmaooo yo let the girl be great!!!
I follow her on IG & Snap.. She cool idk y y’all so conniving!!!