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Miami Herald - September 27, 2006
John Dorschner, jdorschner@MiamiHerald.com
Lavin was not present at her conviction. She disappeared during the trial and a warrant has been issued for her arrest, for failing to appear in court.
The drawn out case, involving phony HIV/AIDS treatment claims from 2000 to 2002, concerned the Alternative Day Spa on North Kendall Drive and Alternative Treatment programs in Key West.
Lavin and others were accused of being involved in one of the earliest cases of fraudulent use of expensive infusion treatments -- involving allege Neupogen and Procrit.
The patients were reported to have injected with vitamins or fractional dosages diluted with other substances.
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