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NYPD Busts Fake Boob Doc
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Garth Johnston
Published Jan 14, 2011
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If you got a boob job in the past two years from a woman named Whalesca Castillo, you might want to have it checked out. Because Castillo? Not actually a doctor! Cops today busted the unlicensed 36-year-old for allegedly running a plastic surgery outfit out of her Inwood Avenue apartment for almost two years after officials noticed she'd received a large number of packages of "a silicone substance" from her native Dominican Republic. Neighbors hadn't noticed anything suspicious about Castillo, except that "a lot of really good looking ladies" could be seen coming and going. So at least the work was good?
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