Fake Breasts on the Run
October 5, 2006
German police have issued a set of "wanted" posters which may themselves become the victims of crime.
In the search for several women who have run out on a Cologne cosmetic surgeon without paying for their breast enlargements, local cops have issued photos of the breasts in question in an attempt to capture the perpetrators.
While hoping the pictures will lead to an arrest, there are fears that the pictures themselves could end up on the bedroom walls of local teenage boys. However, this remote possibility has not stopped the Cologne cops using all the resources at hand to catch the top-heavy fraudsters.
"The women registered under fake names," Michael König, the Cologne surgeon, told Bild newspaper. "After the operations, which lasted about an hour, they just ran away."
Post-op runner leaves surgeon out of pocket
According to König, one patient, "Tanja", went out for "fresh air" after an 8,000-euro ($10,000) boob job. "She never came back and never paid," König said. He now plans to demand payment in advance.
Bild published a five-column picture of Tanja's naked breasts. "It's probably the most unusual 'wanted' poster police ever had," the newspaper wrote.
The fraudsters are still at large.