I distinctly remember watching one of those investigative shows, the ones where they attempt to call a bluff or create their own sting operation, only without law enforcement, which dealt with an elaborate Stem Cell operation. There were two men involved, one claiming to be a doctor, and the other a killer salesman, almost literally.

The two met, either together or separately, I can’t quite remember, and pitched their Stem Cell cure all form of medicine to terminally ill patients with diseases such as cancer, Hodgkin’s, Parkinsons, and probably any other disease a victim came to them with. After securing a massive amount of money, surely in the hundreds of thousands, they then “treated” the patient in their Mexican clinic.

At the time I saw the show, certainly a year or more ago, the two men essentially admitted that they were selling snake oil at the great expense of their victims. (I think this is probably the show I saw, 21st Century Snake Oil, 60 Minutes) It was one of those times when you can’t help but feel simultaneously sorry for the victims, yet enraged that such an elaborate hoax could exist, seemingly without any sort of punishment or consequence for the schemers. Until now. When I saw this, I couldn’t help but feel a small sense of justice.

The fake doctor and his two co-defendants were arrested and indicted. Among other things, the FBI stated, ”Beginning in March 2007 and continuing through 2010, the indictment alleges Morales falsely represented to the public that he was a physician licensed to practice medicine in the United States and provided medical advice to individuals regarding the benefits of stem cell treatments. ”

Among other things, the indictment claims Stowe (a co-defendant) marketed, promoted and sold stem cells and other drugs and biological products for the treatment of cancer, amytrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease, without approval from the FDA. The FDA has not approved any stem cell treatments.

If you have been a victim of fraud, such as in this case, you should contact an experienced fraud attorney to determine your legal claims and course of action. Statutes of Limitations require that you act within a certain amount of time from when the fraud was committed, or when it was discovered or should reasonably have been discovered. Therefore, you should act quickly to ensure that the person who wronged you does not evade any legal repercussions.