Source: United States Attorneys General
Headline: Woman Sentenced For Injecting Adulterated Liquid Silicone
SAN JUAN, P.R. – Senior US District Court Judge Daniel Domínguez sentenced Rosa Betancourt-Farfán to 15 months in prison and one year of supervised release for injecting liquid silicone, an adulterated and misbranded device used for body-contouring, announced US Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. Betancourt-Farfán was arrested and indicted in December 2016 and pled guilty on May 12, 2017. The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) was in charge of the investigation.