More of a two-step thing. The body was donated to a company controlled by a guy named Stephen Gore, and the company sold the body to a broker. Stephen Gore was convicted of fraud and given probation.
The broker was controlled by a guy named Arthur Rathburn, and the broker sold the body (and other bodies and body parts) to various organizations, including the Army. Arthur Rathburn was also convicted of fraud and sentenced to 9 years in prison + 3 years probation.
It's perfectly legal (not just for the US army, but also for hospitals, medical schools, etc.) if you do it right...though part of the problem was that Biological Resource Center and International Biological Inc. weren't doing it right, which is why their former owners were convicted of fraud.
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u/Bugbread May 06 '26
More of a two-step thing. The body was donated to a company controlled by a guy named Stephen Gore, and the company sold the body to a broker. Stephen Gore was convicted of fraud and given probation.
The broker was controlled by a guy named Arthur Rathburn, and the broker sold the body (and other bodies and body parts) to various organizations, including the Army. Arthur Rathburn was also convicted of fraud and sentenced to 9 years in prison + 3 years probation.