Exclusive: FBI agents raid headquarters of major U.S. body broker

Gerald · 11-07-17, 10:03 PM

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PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Federal agents have seized records from a national company that solicits thousands of Americans to donate their bodies to science each year, then profits by dissecting the parts and distributing them for use by researchers and educators.

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The search warrant executed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at MedCure Inc headquarters here on November 1 is sealed, and the bureau and the company declined to comment on the nature of the FBI investigation. But people familiar with the matter said the inquiry concerns the manner in which MedCure distributes body parts acquired from its donors.

MedCure is among the largest brokers of cadavers and body parts in the United States. From 2011 through 2015, documents obtained under public-record laws show, the company received more than 11,000 donated bodies and distributed more than 51,000 body parts to medical industry customers nationally. In a current brochure, the company says that 80,000 additional people have pledged to donate their bodies to MedCure when they die.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN1D72SL

This is a huge problem.

Buddahaid · 11-08-17, 01:10 AM

Got to hand it to them....

Mr Quatro · 11-08-17, 11:05 AM

I wouldn't sniff around them even if you paid me

Platapus · 11-08-17, 03:03 PM

This story is a little light on the details. It would be helpful to understand what laws they are suspected of breaking.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	This story is a little light on the details. It would be helpful to understand what laws they are suspected of breaking. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.