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marble falls

(57,209 posts) Fri Apr 12, 2019, 06:01 AM Apr 2019

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Father, Son Accused Of Selling Body Parts Infected With HIV, Hepatitis

Father, Son Accused Of Selling Body Parts Infected With HIV, Hepatitis

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-greene-selling-body-parts_n_5cafd355e4b082aab0831c37

A father and son have been federally charged for allegedly selling body parts on the black market they knew were contaminated with infectious diseases.

Donald Greene Sr. was charged with wire fraud in relation to a years-long operation that involved selling diseased cadavers to unwitting researchers, the Associated Press reports.

The family duo was associated with the Biological Resource Center of Rosemont, Ill., which provided human remains donated to science to medical professionals for a fee.

Although it is not illegal to dismember and sell body parts, it is against the law to knowingly sell human remains that test positive for infectious diseases, CBS Chicago reports.

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They need to be transplanted into a prison for life.

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Father, Son Accused Of Selling Body Parts Infected With HIV, Hepatitis (Original Post) marble falls Apr 2019 OP

When being sich (rich) is all that matters malaise Apr 2019 #1

Love your sick-rich mashup there... Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #6

I see what you did there malaise Apr 2019 #7

Quirky Capitalism body donations get sold for profit? delisen Apr 2019 #2

ah, just entrepreneurial-minded employees of crematorium delisen Apr 2019 #3

I wonder if they're going to rationalize it or just balls out deny it? marble falls Apr 2019 #5

It's tough to find a good vendor of clean body parts these days jberryhill Apr 2019 #4

malaise

(269,157 posts)

1. When being sich (rich) is all that matters

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 06:47 AM

Apr 2019

Last edited Fri Apr 12, 2019, 09:40 AM - Edit history (1)

Evil thrives - throw away the keys

Wounded Bear

(58,709 posts)

6. Love your sick-rich mashup there...

Reply to malaise (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 09:37 AM

Apr 2019

Intentional or not, it's perfect...

malaise

(269,157 posts)

7. I see what you did there

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 09:40 AM

Apr 2019

Hahahahah - corrected following your advice

delisen

(6,044 posts)

2. Quirky Capitalism body donations get sold for profit?

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 08:00 AM

Apr 2019

possibly without ever being used for research?

If I donate my body is it actually being being gifted to a for-profit enterprise?

delisen

(6,044 posts)

3. ah, just entrepreneurial-minded employees of crematorium

Reply to delisen (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 08:13 AM

Apr 2019

figuring out how to make a profit out out of donated-to-science bodies instead of turning them into ashes as the donors believed would have happened:

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/05/29/formers-cops-daughter-files-lawsuit-against-alleged-body-part-trafficker/

marble falls

(57,209 posts)

5. I wonder if they're going to rationalize it or just balls out deny it?

Reply to delisen (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 08:59 AM

Apr 2019

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

4. It's tough to find a good vendor of clean body parts these days

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 08:45 AM

Apr 2019

If you're buying body parts, you really have to be careful.

It's almost as if some sellers of black market body parts just don't care anymore.

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