'Fake dentist' used dead man's ID, cops say
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October 31, 2007

'Fake dentist' used dead man's ID, cops say

A man in Hollywood used a dead dentist's identity to pass himself off as a dentist and join a dental practice, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel  reports. The man treated patients and answered to the name of the dead man until state health inspectors showed up, then  he confessed to knowing the doctor and stealing his identity, authorities said.

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