Newport Beach, Orange County - Laguna Niguel woman, Yvonne Pampellone, was sentenced to do 180 day in jail for identity theft to get breast implants. Pampallone went to Pacific Center for Plastic surgery in Huntington Beach. She opened up a line of credit with the medical center under another identity to get breast implants. Pampallone was not only planning to get breast implants, but liposuction as well. The worth of the plastic surgery was around $12,000.
The medical center began to become suspicious of Pampellone when she failed to show up for her follow-up appointments. A detective was able to trace her true identity by the tracking numbers of her first implants. Pampellone turned herself in and pled guilty to second-degree burglary, grand theft and the unauthorized use of personal identity. She will serve 180 days in jail, three years probation, and will have to pay restitution.
Newport Beach white collar crime defense attorney Michael Guisti defines the law from this article. He explains that second degree burglary can be found in the California Penal code section 460. It is also called commercial burglary. This means that the suspect entered a place of business with the intent to commit a felony. Second degree burglary is considered a "wobbler" in the state of California. This means that it can be charged as a felony or a misdemeanor. The Newport Beach criminal defense attorney goes on to explain grand theft. Grand theft can also be found in the Penal code section 487(a ) and it states a person has committed grand theft when the money, labor, or real or personal property taken is of a value exceeding four hundred dollars ($400). This is a felony and if a person is convicted of this, they will have to serve a prison sentence and pay restitution.
If you or someone you know has been arrested or charged with fraud, grand theft, felony fraud, medical fraud, health care fraud, or a white collar crime in Orange County, Newport Beach, Santa Ana, Fullerton, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Westminster, Los Angeles, it is imperative to consult an experienced Newport Beach criminal attorney or an Irvine criminal defense attorney immediately to protect your rights.
Why should you retain a highly qualified Orange County theft crimes defense attorney or an experienced Los Angeles criminal defense attorney?
The most important step in defending your theft crime charge is to hire an Orange County criminal defense attorney that has had experienced dealing with the Orange county court system. At the Law Office of Michael Gusiti, our Newport Beach fraud defense attorneys have spent many years helping people in white collar crimes, grand theft, embezzlement,and fraud cases in both state and federal courts in Orange County. We have been able to help people facing "wobbler" charges to not get felonies, but misdemeanors and many times have the charges dismissed. It is important to hire an attorney that has been successful in many different types of cases such as assault, battery, felony assault and battery, sex crimes, domestic violence, murder, vehicular manslaughter, DUI, grand theft and white collar crimes cases like fraud, embezzlement,identity theft and many types of theft crimes.
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