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12-25-2009 08:33 AM |
incident in California
"During the anthrax scare immediately after September 11, 2001, a bank in Naples, Florida was evacuated because of possible anthrax. The fire department ordered the employees exposed to the white powder, which turned out to be harmless, to go outside and strip completely naked for decontamination."
Good stories, Toenail.
I can't find any Internet record of the following scam. I read about it in a California newspaper, probably either the L.A. Times or the Orange County Register. I may not be remembering every detail correctly. It was probably 30 or more years ago. I believe it occurred in the greater San Diego area.
A man (late 20s, I think) had his van painted and equipped internally to look like a mobile Red Cross van, although he was careful not to infringe any copyrights. He would get permission from a store to park in the corner of their parking lot and put up a professional-looking sign offering "free breast exams". He had a consent form that the women had to sign to get the exam. The form stated that he was not a doctor and that the exam was not to be construed as a medical exam. Lots of women volunteered to be examined.
I don't recall what led to the discovery that he was a free-lancer just interested in getting his hands on some breasts. As I recall, he used his van that way for months, maybe just on the weekends, without any complaints.
The police really wanted to charge him with practicing medicine without a license or some similar offense, but he had done his homework well and they couldn't find anything to justify charging him. He was said to have justifiably recommended to a few of the women that they see their doctors for additional testing when he felt lumps or other abnormalities. He may have had some medical training, although he was not a doctor.
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