Claim: French breast implant boss arrested.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

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title: Poly Implant Prothèse
text: a friend in the Six-Fours in the Var located in South of France and taken into custody. Investigators searched the house. A deputy chief executive was also arrested at his home. Philippe Courtois, a lawyer represents 1300 women in France. Laurent Gaudon, represents four women and say a surgeon should inform about complications from both the surgery and devices used. Nathalie Lozano, lawyer, represents more than 1400 women from Colombia, Argentina, United Kingdom and Venezuela. She claims TÜV Rheinland's gross negligence in the process of certifying the quality process. On 17 April 2013, the trial of 5 executives in begun

title: Poly Implant Prothèse
text: the silicone used. Many executives are expected to face charges of aggravated fraud in an ongoing court case in France, expected to be scheduled for October 2012, which carries the possibility of prison terms of up to five years. The death of a cancer victim who had such implants may result in more serious charges of involuntary manslaughter. Frédéric Van Roekeghem, general director for La Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (French state social insurance agency, CNAM), will go to court regarding the complaints of bad implants. A criminal charge will be made within a few days he said to TF1 on

title: Poly Implant Prothèse
text: in Marseille, France. Those charged are the company founder Mr Mas, who was booed in the court, his deputy Claude Couty, the quality director Hannelore Font, technical director Loic Gossart and products chief Thierry Brinon. They face up to five years in prison. The trial was expected to last until 17 May. On 10 December 2013, Jean-Claude Mas was sent to prison for four years, and was fined 75,000 euros (£63,000) by a court in Marseille, France. British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) says that poor postmarketing surveillance is the root of the crisis, and proposes significantly more stringent

title: Poly Implant Prothèse
text: 25 December 2011. The decision has been made in consultation with minister of health, Xavier Bertrand. Mas has recently undergone difficult surgery regarding a vascular problem that prevents him from walking said his lawyer Haddad. Sources say a Marseilles court could soon announce fraud charges against four to six former PIP employees. A fraud case was filed against PIP on 30 December 2011 by France’s state-run health insurance fund (CNAM) officials in Marseille announced. Which is near the company’s laboratory at La Seyne-sur-Mer. On 26 January 2012 at just before 07:00 the founder Mas was arrested in the home of

title: Poly Implant Prothèse
text: Chinese markets". An investment of was planned to put the former PIP plant back into operation, aiming to manufacture 400 implants a day with about 20 workers. However, Nicolas Lucciardi said that the project had collapsed due to media coverage of the scandal, adding, "That's obvious". The lawyer Yves Haddad is representing Mas. Legal complaints have been filed by 2500 women in France and 250 women in Britain. Mas is wanted in Costa Rica for "life and health" offenses, a warrant issued by Interpol. By February 2011, TÜV Rheinland sued PIP, claiming it had been "thoroughly and continuously misled" regarding

title: Poly Implant Prothèse
text: and several cases of induced breast cancer. The scandal, which produced fears of a massive health disaster, prompted a full recall of the company's implants by the French health ministry in 2010, by which time the company was already defunct. PIP was founded in 1991 by the Frenchman Jean-Claude Mas, born in 1939, a former butcher and later medical sales representative for the Bristol Myers company for 15 years. Mas had previously teamed up with plastic surgeon Henri Arion, who had introduced breast implants to France in 1965. After Arion died in a plane crash, Mas went on alone and

title: Céline Tran
text: and, in September 2007, was fined €20,000, having been deemed responsible for various violations of the ban. In May 2006, she got breast implants. Her first film with her new breasts, "French ConneXion" of Marc Dorcel Productions, came out at the beginning of 2007. In the meantime, Tran also modelled for the cover of "Marquis" magazine, a leader in fetishism. She also continued working and touring as an exotic dancer in nightclubs of various countries. In July 2008, Céline Tran released "My Fucking Life", a French-language film made for Marc Dorcel Studios. The movie is partly a documentary on Tran's

title: Poly Implant Prothèse
text: being monitored." Investigators interviewed Mas on 18 and 19 November 2010 after the French health authority AFSSAPS discovered the PIP breast implants did not conform to regulations. They passed the case to a judge who ordered a police inquiry for "aggravated deception". The bad silicone has been used to make male chest, testicle and buttock implants as well. "Three people were specially trained to work with a machine that made silicon testicles'" said a former PIP worker. Most of the male chest, buttock and testicle implants were exported to Latin America. The French government recommended per December 23, 2011 that

title: Poly Implant Prothèse
text: is underway following the death of a woman from ALCL. The French government recommended on December 23, 2011 that 30,000 women in France seek removal of breast implants made of a suspect silicone gel by the worldwide exporting PIP firm. Medical problems arise when breast implants rupture and cause inflammation and irritation. Further, impure gel may also release toxic substances. Removing implants "carries risks in itself", says the French government. By the end of 2011, eight cases of breast tumours had been uncovered in women after removing the implants, yet, while of concern, according to the French government, there is

title: Poly Implant Prothèse
text: [regulators'] approval and in this regard there was a violation of regulations,". The company did not ask France's medical device safety regulators for approval of their in-house manufactured product, but expected it would have gotten approval if the company asked for it. Cancer has been found in 20 women with the allegedly faulty PIP breast implants but French health authorities (Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (AFSSAPS)) insisted there was still no proven link with the disease. AFSSAPS has as of 28 December, registered 15 cases of breast adenocarcinoma, the most frequent form of breast cancer, one

title: Christine S. Vertefeuille
text: Christine S. Vertefeuille Christine S. Vertefeuille (born December 10, 1950) is a Senior Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. She is a Connecticut native, born in New Britain, Connecticut. She graduated from Trinity College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1972 and the University of Connecticut School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1975. Vertefeuille (pronounced Ver-te-fay) began her career as a judge with her 1989 appointment to the Connecticut Superior Court. During her tenure as a Superior Court Judge, she presided over the Connecticut silicone gel breast implant cases (1993–99). In addition, Vertefeuille served

title: Body snatching
text: the Newchurch Guinea Pigs campaign group (three men: Kerry Whitburn of Edgbaston, John Smith of Wolverhampton, John Ablewhite of Manchester; and one woman: Josephine Mayo of Staffordshire) were jailed for conspiracy to blackmail. The men received 12 years each and the woman received four years. The police said the conspiracy included the removal of Mrs Hammond's remains, which were recovered by police following information given by one of the four. In February 2006, Michael Mastromarino, then a 42-year-old former New Jersey-based oral surgeon and CEO and executive director of operations at Biomedical Tissue Services, was convicted along with three employees

title: Jérôme Cahuzac
text: jail); he needn't return to prison. Jérôme Cahuzac Jérôme Cahuzac (born 19 June 1952) is a French cosmetic surgeon and politician who, until his appointment as Junior Minister for the Budget at the Ministry of the Economy, Finance, and External Trade by President François Hollande on 16 May 2012, was a member of the National Assembly of France where he represented the 3rd constituency of Lot-et-Garonne on behalf of the Socialist Party. He was Junior Minister for the Budget at the Ministry of the Economy, Finance, and External Trade from 16 May 2012 – 19 March 2013. See also The

title: Poly Implant Prothèse
text: monitoring of all medical devices including breast implants and all cosmetic injectables, via compulsory, regular reporting of adverse effects and mystery shopping. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, the NHS Medical Director, will look into whether the cosmetic surgery industry needs to be more effectively regulated. Poly Implant Prothèse Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) was a French company founded in 1991 that produced silicone gel breast implants. The company was preemptively liquidated in 2010 following the revelation that they had been illegally manufacturing and selling breast implants made from cheaper industrial-grade silicone since 2001 (instead of the mandated medical-grade silicone they had previously

title: A6 disappearances
text: to convictions for violent crimes, theft and handling stolen vehicles, was arrested in 2012 after his car, a Peugeot 405 registered to the Rhône département (where Lyon is located), was fished from the Saône and found to contain genetic traces of Anne-Sophie Girollet. Martin was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment (to serve a minimum of 20 years before being considered for parole) for the abduction and murder of Anne-Sophie Girollet. He has appealed the verdict. The judicial inquiry into Christelle Maillery's murder was officially reopened in 2005. Jean-Pierre Mura, then aged 44, was arrested and questioned. Dozens of knives were

title: Roger Frey
text: punishable according to article 330 of the penal code. Consequently, the police chiefs must employ the services of the police so that the women who wear this bathing suit in public places are prosecuted." Roger Frey Roger Frey (11 June 1913, Nouméa, New Caledonia – 13 September 1997) was a French politician. His parents were of Alsatian origin. He was Minister of the Interior and president of the Constitutional Council of France. In 1947 Frey joined the anti-communist Rassemblement du Peuple Français (RPF) ("Rally of the French People") and was a member of the steering committee of the Gaullist movement,

title: Michel Maure
text: of intimidation toward a patient, in his medical practice between 2001 and 2004. In September 2008, Maure was sentenced to 4 years in prison and was instructed to provide compensation to his victims, ranging from €2,000 to €12,000. Maure chose to appeal, but the sentence was upheld by the magistrates' court of Aix-en-Provence on 1 April 2009. The court is also considering a complete revocation of Maure's license to practice medicine. Michel Maure Michel Maure (b. 1951) is a former French medical doctor and cosmetic surgeon. He is best known for the 2008 trial brought against him by nearly 100

title: Cheb Mami
text: to force Isabelle Simon, his former girlfriend and a magazine photographer, to have a forced abortion. During a trip to Algeria in the summer of 2005, the victim Isabelle Simon was locked in a house belonging to one of Mami's friends, where an abortive procedure was attempted on her. Back in France, however, she realized the fetus was still alive; she later gave birth to a daughter. Mami had accused his manager Michel Lecorre (a.k.a. Michel Levy) of organizing the abortion plan; Michel Levy was later sentenced to four years for plotting and organizing the assault. Mami was arrested in

title: Christine Lagarde
text: in Paris was raided by French police as part of the investigation. On 24 May 2013, after two days of questioning at the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), Lagarde was assigned the status of "assisted witness", meaning that she was not herself under investigation in the affair. According to a press report from June 2013, Lagarde has been described by Stéphane Richard, the CEO of France Telecom (a former aide to Lagarde when she was Finance Minister), who has himself been put under formal investigation in the case, as having been fully briefed before approving the arbitration process

title: Florence Cassez
text: Florence Cassez Florence Marie Louise Cassez Crépin (born 17 November 1974 in Lille) is a French woman convicted in Mexico of belonging to the kidnapping gang Los Zodiacos ("The Zodiacs"). She received a 60-year sentence for the crimes of kidnapping, organized crime, and illegal possession of firearms. The sentence and a possible extradition to her home country created diplomatic tensions between France and Mexico. Cassez denies all charges. On 23 January 2013 the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico ordered Cassez's immediate release due to police simulating for filming her arrest the day after her real arrest. She was repatriated