Colorado funeral home owners sold body parts of hundreds of people whose families wanted them cremated, prosecutors say

Prosecutors said the women sold heads, torsos, arms, legs, or entire bodies of people set to be cremated— often without the families' permission.
Washington Examiner

‘Body broker’ found guilty of dumping 24 human body parts in Arizona

A man who operated a business that sold body parts to medical schools was found guilty of dumping 24 separate body parts in two locations in Arizona. Walter Harold Mitchell III, dubbed a “body broker, ...
The New York Times

California Drug Clinic Operator Convicted in $3 Million Kickback Scheme

Casey Mahoney, 48, of Los Angeles, illegally paid “body brokers” to lure clients, a federal jury found. By Hank Sanders A California man who operated addiction treatment facilities in Orange County ...
Los Angeles Times

Rehab operator paid kickbacks to ‘body brokers’ in exchange for patients, prosecutors say

The scheme was simple, federal prosecutors said. Scott Raffa needed to fill his Orange County rehabilitation centers with people struggling with addiction so he could collect from the patients’ ...
KREM

Former Seattle 'body broker' sentenced in Arizona for dumping bodies

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. — A Prescott, Arizona judge Monday sentenced a former Seattle "body broker" who was convicted of 29 counts of abandonment or concealment of a dead body. Walter H. Mitchell was ...
KTLA

Orange County rehab worker illegally paid people to bring addiction patients to his facility, prosecutors say

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An Orange County addiction treatment ...
Los Angeles Times

Newport Beach sober living homes owner indicted on suspicion of paying nearly $175,000 to ‘body brokers’

A Newport Beach man was arrested Saturday for allegedly paying nearly $175,000 in illegal payments to receive referrals of patients to his sober living homes — a practice known as “body brokering,” ...
KING5

Former Seattle 'body broker' convicted for dumping bodies in Arizona

SEATTLE — A jury has convicted a former Seattle “body broker” of dumping the remains of at least nine Washington state people in the Arizona desert. Yavapai County jurors convicted Walter H. Mitchell ...