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Man Gets 9 Years for Selling Body Parts Infected With HIV and Hepatitis

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A Detroit businessman was sentenced to nine years in prison for selling diseased human remains for medical training, Reuters reports.

Arthur Rathburn was convicted of defrauding customers and shipping hazardous materials. He was arrested in 2016 after an FBI investigation into several so-called body brokers, individuals who sell or lease human remains that have been been donated to science. According to Reuters, Rathburn made $13 million from 1997 to 2013 in the body trade. Read More

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