[Al Arabiya Latest] Dubai police have arrested a man impersonating a U.S. celebrity cosmetic surgeon and operating on women attracted by his rock-bottom fees, local newspapers reported on Tuesday.The 69-year-old general practitioner performed plastic surgery on women in his private villa, leaving his patients with serious complications, the Gulf News daily reported.
" The operating conditions were so primitive that he discarded the removed fat into a cooking pot "Dr. Jeehan Qadir, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery |
"Dr. Steve, this soup tastes really funny..."
"Sorry. Wrong pot. Try this."
"Oh, much better!"
The operation "requires a special disposal machine which he did not have," she said.
The Arabic-language Emarat al-Youm identified the fake surgeon as Steven Moose.
Qadir said that the imposter was exposed after one of Hopping's patients sent the celebrity surgeon a copy of the fraudster's business card and asked, "Is this really you?"
Hopping told Emarat al-Youm from Washington that the fraudster is wanted for trading in uncertified medical supplies and sedatives, and that he has committed several violations in more than one country.
"This person went to Dubai to continue his illegal medical activities," the newspaper quoted the Harvard-educated surgeon as saying.
Police sources told the press that the fake surgeon has been on Interpol's Red Notice alert since 2008 and was once arrested and released by UAE authorities because the United States did not follow up on his case.