Some strange local news. Dentist arrested!

[HumblePie]

http://www.ksat.com/news/24568608/detail.html

So here is some strange local news. A guy had been posing as a dentist for 6 years with no degree and no license. He was doing it at a very prominent location and office building as well. Really though, of all the professions to fake, why would anyone want to fake being a dentist to go into people's dirty and messed up mouths? Side note, this guy always wore army fatigues while doing dental work. I'm not sure if he was ever in the military either. Probably picked it up at some surplus store and wore it as his gimmick.

 

[F1N3ST]

Is that even illegal? I don't know. People should have checked..

 

[robphelan]

this is exactly why i don't go to the dentist.

 

[robphelan]

hmm.. not very far from where I live, either...

 

[PottedMeat]

Really though, of all the professions to fake, why would anyone want to fake being a dentist to go into people's dirty and messed up mouths?

Smokin' hot assistants?

 

[Bateluer]

this is exactly why i don't go to the dentist.

Err, do you clean your teeth a wash cloth too?

 

[A Casual Fitz]

Is that even illegal? I don't know. People should have checked..

"(Delafuente) had told him that he went to the University of Michigan. And the father contacted the University of Michigan and no degree was found for Julio Delafuente," Pardaen said.

He was misrepresenting himself.

 

[mmntech]

That's nothing. Here's a couple of incidents about people pretending to be doctors. All the more scary, they were being used as expert witnesses in court cases, no questions asked.

Gregory Carter, of Whitby, Ont., held himself out as a doctor of psychology in numerous family court hearings.
He referred to himself as a doctor even though his registration with the College of Psychologists, as a psychological associate, didn’t allow the designation. His PhD came from a university recognized as a diploma mill.
His so-called expert evidence was relied on by judges in making custody rulings.
He is facing fraud and perjury charges.

English authorities are still grappling with the Gene Morrison debacle.
Morrison posed as a forensic scientist for more than 20 years, providing expert opinions in about 700 cases.
Morrison had no education or training in his purported areas of expertise.
Bogus degrees
His professed BSc in forensic psychology, an MSc in forensic investigation, and a PhD in criminology were bogus, downloaded from a website upon payment of a fee.
Morrison was nothing more than a con artist who referred to himself as Dr. Gene A. Morrison, director of the Criminal and Forensics investigations Bureau.
Morrison received a five-year sentence for fraud in 2007.

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/alan_shanoff/2010/08/06/14947196.html

 

[silverpig]

That's nothing. Here's a couple of incidents about people pretending to be doctors. All the more scary, they were being used as expert witnesses in court cases, no questions asked.

The second guy actually made out alright. He had a 20 year career doing something you need a PhD to do. His "PhD" is paid for, and only takes 5 years of jail time.

Compare him to a guy who did 10 years of post-secondary to get his PhD, then worked for 20 years, then messed up and lost his license/credibility.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

If people are too stupid or lazy to check, they get whatever happens.

 

[techs]

If people are too stupid or lazy to check, they get whatever happens.

Wow. Just wow.

 

[Gothgar]

To last for 6 years doing it, he was probably decent at least, lol

 

[moshquerade]

this is exactly why i don't go to the dentist.

well you could always pull your own teeth and fabricate some kind of dentures when the time comes...