Body Broker Who Sold Diseased Remains is Convicted of Fraud

Body Broker Who Sold Diseased Remains is Convicted of Fraud
Arthur Rathburn is pictured at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in Nov. 1988. REUTERS/Peter Yates/File Photo
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A Detroit businessman who sold and leased donated body parts for two decades was convicted Monday of defrauding medical customers by selling them diseased human remains.

The case against Arthur Rathburn is part of a growing national investigation by federal authorities into the largely unregulated market for body parts in the United States. Federal agents found a grisly scene when they raided Rathburn’s warehouse in 2013, including remains frozen together flesh on flesh.