When some central Florida women wanted plastic surgery they couldn't afford, police say they turned to a 28-year-old woman who used stolen IDs to cover the expenses.

Terilyn Riggins is accused of running a crime ring, that scammed more than $50,000 worth of breast implants, tummy tucks or dental work.

Riggins was arrested on March 29 after a nine-months-long investigation.

Terilyn Riggins (left and right) is accused of running a crime ring, that scammed more than $50,000 worth of breast implants, tummy tucks or dental work

Fourteen women were arrested in total. All of them are accused of using stolen identities to get - or attempt to get - plastic surgery or dental work from legitimate offices across central Florida said the police report

Fourteen women were arrested in total. All of them are accused of using stolen identities to get - or attempt to get - plastic surgery or dental work from legitimate offices across central Florida said the police report

Orlando police Detective Todd Herb tells the Orlando Sentinel that they've arrested 14 women - mostly Pine Hills residents- in total and identified at least 12 theft victims.

Police say the women were either friends of Riggins or met her in jail, and some of them racked up bills for more than $15,000.  

Some paid her a small fee. Others offered services such as doing her hair or cooking for her in exchange for surgeries.

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Officials say it was a full-time job for Riggins to set up the fraudulent accounts. 

All of them are accused of using stolen identities to get - or attempt to get - plastic surgery or dental work from legitimate offices across central Florida said the police report.

From tummy tucks, to breast reductions to breast implants - whatever you could get with plastic surgery, that's what they were getting done, said Herb.

Police say the women were either friends of Riggins (left and right) or met her in jail, and some of them racked up bills for more than $15,000

Of the 14 women arrested most of them were Pine Hills (pictured) residents. Police identified at least 12 theft victims

Of the 14 women arrested most of them were Pine Hills (pictured) residents. Police identified at least 12 theft victims

When asked how they would pay for their elected surgery, women gave the stolen credit account information, saying that the card belonged to a sister or cousin.

And when the office verified the account, the women would be connected to it, although fraudulently.

But in some cases the surgery office would be notified of the fraud before the work started - in one case minutes before. 

One woman was on the operating table 'about to go under', when doctors were called off, said Herb.

The fraud victims were generally aged between 19 and 24 years old, and when faced with the bill they either alerted their bank or ignored the bill. 

Riggins has several convictions dating back to 2009, ranging from petty theft to grand theft. 

 

 

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