In one of the more eerie funeral scams of late. A man was convicted in the illegal trafficking, selling and obtaining body parts from Funeral Homes. The individual will be behind bars for 8 years Don’t do the crime If you cant do the time.
Philip Guyett, who pleaded guilty in March to mail fraud for his handling of human tissue he recovered at funeral homes and then sold for use in bone grafts and other procedures…Guyett worked with local funeral homes, and on several occasions falsified records that would have shown some of the donors to be ineligible. In one case, he altered evidence that a donor had liver cancer and sepsis. Another case flagged by FDA inspectors indicate Guyett falsified the cause of death of a patient who showed signs of intravenous drug use — a problem that could have tainted the donor’s tissue with infectious diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.
Philip Guyett, who pleaded guilty in March to mail fraud for his handling of human tissue he recovered at funeral homes and then sold for use in bone grafts and other procedures…Guyett worked with local funeral homes, and on several occasions falsified records that would have shown some of the donors to be ineligible. In one case, he altered evidence that a donor had liver cancer and sepsis. Another case flagged by FDA inspectors indicate Guyett falsified the cause of death of a patient who showed signs of intravenous drug use — a problem that could have tainted the donor’s tissue with infectious diseases such as HIV and hepatitis.
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